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Now for the first time in english, all of borges dazzling fictions are gathered into a single volume, brilliantly translated by andrew hurley. Ficciones kindle edition by borges, jorge luis, kerrigan. Jorge luis borges translated by andrew hurley allen lane the penguin press published by the penguin group. The mirror troubled the depths of a corridor in a country. Free download or read online ficciones pdf epub book. This legendary argentine poet, essayist, and shortstory writers works have become classics of 20thcentury world literature, leaving a legacy that serves as an enduring testament to the politics and passions of jorge luis borges. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ficciones. One of the twentieth centurys greatest writers, jorge luis borges 18991986 published numerous collections of poems, essays, and fiction, director of the national library of buenos aires from 1955 to 1973, borges was awarded the degree of doctor.
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This paper is a comparative study of magic realism in jorge luis borges s fictions and naguib mahfouzs arabian nights and days. Borges, an argentinian, is a master of the short story, a poet, essayist, and man of letters. A universal history of iniquity 1935 i inscribe this. Jorge luis borges jorge luis borges books jorge luis borges the library of babel jose luis borges fictions, jose luis borges borges about borges borges. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. All of them felt that there is something more in a. Now for the first time in english, all of borges dazzling fictions are gathered into.
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