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Part of the thrill of discovering borges resides in discovering all of the books he loved, both real and imaginary. Jorge luis borges was born in buenos aires in 1989 and was educated in europe. Jorge luis borges 18901982, argentine poet, critic, and shortstory writer, revolutionized modern literature. Jorge luis borges, argentine poet, essayist, and shortstory writer whose works became classics of 20thcentury world literature. Audiobooks this section profiles borges on audiobook, from oldschool books on tape to compact discs and digital audiobook. Ficciones fictions, is an enigmatic compilation of seventeen short stories, most of which are translated by anthony kerrigan. Borges and i albuquerque bernalillo county library system. The cambridge companion to jorge luis borges cambridge companions to literature.
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Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays by jorge luis borges translated into the english language. I dont think theres been a recent audiobook release of any of borges works other than collected fictions. Jorge luis borges selects 74 books for your personal library. These enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display borges talent for turning fiction on. I just picked up this book after reading a lot of positive stuff about it on the internet and i am lost. Top 10 books by jorge luis borges best book recommendations. Jorge luis borges terse, mindexpanding stories reshaped modern fiction. Jorge luis borges books list of books by author jorge. Among his bestknown works are the shortstory collections ficciones 1944 and the aleph, and other stories, 19331969 1970. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 159 pages and is available in paperback format. Its the first collection of all of the argentine masters tales, and the first to be translated by the same person, andrew hurley. Jorge luis borges audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. Download or stream collected fictions by jorge luis borges. The main characters of this fiction, short stories story are.
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