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The Library of Babel
  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630860
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99

The Library of Babel

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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 the most influential short story writers of the twentieth century, whose spellbinding tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his greatest stories, including 'The Garden of Forking Paths', 'The Book of Sand' and 'Shakespeare's Memory'.
  • Published: 5 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241630860
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99
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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (b. 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina; d. 1986, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine short-story writer, poet, essayist and translator. He was one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century, inspiring generations of writers in the US and UK as well as his native Latin America. He is most famous for the short-story collections Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949).
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Also by Jorge Luis Borges

Labyrinths: Popular Penguins
Labyrinths
The Garden of Forking Paths
The Book of Imaginary Beings
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges: The Last Interview
The Perpetual Race Of Achilles And The Tortoise
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