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Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including...

"A wondrously limpid testament to the pleasures of reading." -Steven Poole, The Guardian Six incandescent lectures on literature from the patron saint of mirrors, metafiction, and infinite libraries. For more...

Though best known in the English speaking world for his short fictions and poems, Borges is revered in Latin America equally as an immensely prolific and beguiling writer of non-fiction...

The most popular anthology of Jorge Luis Borges's short stories, Fictions is a wildly original and influential collection of fantastic tales, translated from the Spanish with an afterword by Andrew...

Enter Borges' timeless worlds, where the ideal and the abstract challenge reality; where philosophical paradoxes and endless possibilities abound, and wisps of dream and magic are layered in eternal reoccurrence....

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Jorge Luis Borges remains one of...

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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...

Author: Jorge Luis Borges Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Borges' stories have a deceptively simple, almost laconic style. In maddeningly ingenious stories that play with the very form of...

Borges' stories have a deceptively simple, almost laconic style. In maddeningly ingenious stories that play with the very form of the short story, Borges returns again and again to his...

Selected Poems brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges' poetry ever assembled in English, including many never previously translated. The brilliance of the Spanish originals...

'One of the most remarkable artists of our age.' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA Borges' first collection of stories (1935). In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense...

'Remarkable... Exciting, provocative, and illuminating' John Banville, Wall Street Journal Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak. But the breakdown...

Probably the greatest twentieth-century writer never to win the Nobel prize for literature. The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral. In these eleven short stories...

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explore the greatest enigmas of the universe in this scintillatingly original book about the limits of human knowledge 'Fascinating' Carlo Rovelli 'Remarkable... Exciting,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Few literary movements of the twentieth century rival the explosive creativity of Latin American fiction, a tradition that...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark collection in the tradition of literary education, Short Fiction of the Masters gathers some of the...

'The most moving lines literature has achieved' Jorge Luis Borges In Paradise, having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven,...

A new compass for global reading: looking at the world from the far southern latitudes. A northern viewpoint is most often the default, while the south - the far southern...

'The most moving lines literature has achieved' Jorge Luis Borges Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a...

New Modern Classics edition with a NEW preface by Paul Theroux The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning...

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Reid started to write for the New Yorker in the late 50's and contributed poetry and travel pieces for nearly 40 years. However in the 1960's he also began to...

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No one had ever played tennis quite like Bjorn Borg. With his incredible athleticism, powerful shot-making and distinctive style, he became a sensation after he burst onto the scene aged...

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The book titled Tango En Buenos Aires by the author Jorge Luis Campos. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026 Idol. Legend. Enigma. For the first time, one of the all-time greatest sportsmen is finally ready to share his astonishing story:...

Author: Various Authors Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Writings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City....

From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood , an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention. Shortlisted Indie Book Awards for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the prophetic visions of ancient scripture to the surreal landscapes conjured by modern poets and novelists, The Oxford Book of Dreams presents one of...

'A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age' The New York Times 'On one side of the ducats was stamped the radiant profile of Archithorius, on the other - an...

Author: Lewis Hyde Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 We live in a culture that prizes memory - how much we can store, the quality of what's preserved, how we...

The west's Orientalism - its construction of an Arab or Islamic 'Other' - has been exposed and examined under the critical theory microscope and thoroughly expelled, it seems, from academic...

A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of the short story from the...

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Collected and annotated lyrics from one of music's most visionary bards, John Darnielle. A work of rapturous beauty, This Year- 365 songs annotated celebrates the creative life and the musical...

Today, more than ever, people are crossing Europe in search of work. They are often protrayed as peasants, or unreliable day labour. But what does the Western world look to...

One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his...