Everything and Nothing by Jorge Luis Borges
A pocket-sized Pearls edition of some of Borges best fictions and essays.
Some of the most witty, uncannily original short fiction in Western Literature-- The New Yorker
As Carlos Fuentes remarked, without Borges, the modern Latin American novel simply would not exist. -- Gene H. Bell - The Nation
Like the great artists of other centuries, he engages the heart as well as the intelligence; his genius strikes, undismayed as Theseus, through the labyrinths of our life and time to the accomplishment of new, inspiring and stunningly beautiful work. -- John Barth
As Carlos Fuentes remarked, without Borges, the modern Latin American novel simply would not exist. -- Gene H. Bell - The Nation
Like the great artists of other centuries, he engages the heart as well as the intelligence; his genius strikes, undismayed as Theseus, through the labyrinths of our life and time to the accomplishment of new, inspiring and stunningly beautiful work. -- John Barth
Jorge Luis Borges (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina’s National Library. Donald A. Yates (1930–2017) was an American professor, writer, translator, and editor Donald A. Yates (1930–2017) was an American professor, writer, translator, and editor James Irby is a translator and editor who specializes in modern Latin American Literature. He is a professor at Princeton University where he has taught Spanish and Portuguese Language, Spanish American Literature, Brazilian Literature, and comparative literature. Eliot Weinberger’s books of literary essays include Karmic Traces, An Elemental Thing, The Ghosts of Birds, and Angels & Saints. His political writings are collected in What I Heard About Iraq and What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles. The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, he is a translator of the poetry of Bei Dao and the editor of The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry. He was formerly the general editor of the series Calligrams: Writings from and on China and the literary editor of the Murty Classical Library of India. Among his many translations of Latin American poetry and prose are The Poems of Octavio Paz, Paz’s In Light of India, Vicente Huidobro’s Altazor, Xavier Villaurrutia’s Nostalgia for Death, and Jorge Luis Borges’ Seven Nights and Selected Non-Fictions. He has been publishing with New Directions since 1975.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811218832 |
| ISBN 10 | 081121883X |
| Title | Everything and Nothing |
| Author | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Series | New Directions Pearls |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 2010-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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