Description
| Product ID: | 9780141183824 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory |
| Authors: | Author: Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Includes the stories "The Congress", "Undr", "The Mirror and the Mask", "August 25, 1983", "Blue Tigers", "The Rose of Paracelsus" and "Shakespeare's Memory". 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-04-05 |
