The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
By (Author) Jorge Luis Borges
Translated by Andrew Hurley
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
14th June 2001
5th April 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 9mm
134g
Description
One of the most remarkable artists of our age.' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA THE BOOK OF SAND was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words, 'variations on favourite themes... combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot'. It includes such marvellous tales as 'The Congress', 'Undr' and 'The Mirror and the Mask'. Also included are the handful of stories written right at the end of Borges' life - 'August 25, 1983', 'Blue Tigers', 'The Rose of Paracelsus' and 'Shakespeare's Memory.
Author Bio
JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899-1986) now has in print with Modern Classics the short story collections THE ALEPH, FICTIONS, BRODIE'S REPORT, A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF INFAMY and THE BOOK OF IMAGINARY BEINGS. In addition Modern Classics publishes his SELECTEDPOEMS and THE TOTAL LIBRARY, a selection of his non-fiction which in 2000 won the National Book Critic's Circle award.
