About this title: Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges' most fully realized human characters.
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Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Plume, 1979, 1 in. H x 7 in. L x 5 in. W, 12.5 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, has a name, inscription, stamp or some other indications of previous ownership, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Edition: 1st paper
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dutton, New York
Date Published: c1953-1970
ISBN-13:9780525475392ISBN:0525475397
Description: James McMullan cover art. very good, trade paper, pict. pink/green covers. Tight. 286 pgs, ISBN: 0-525-47539-7. Inked info half-title pg, clean text. Some age-spots to fore-edge. Joyce Carol Oates blurb. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004-07-27
ISBN-13:9780142437889ISBN:0142437883
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780142437889. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780142437889ISBN:0142437883
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Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good. (vii) 210 pp. Bantam Book Y7117. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: The Aleph; Streetcorner Man; The Approach to al-Mu'tasim; The Circular Ruins; Death and the Compass; The Life of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz-1829-1874; The Two Kings and Their Two Labyrinths; The Dead Man; The Other Death; Ibn Hakkan al-Bokhari-Dead in His Labyrinth; The Man on the Threshold; The Challenge; The Captive; Borges and Myself; The Maker; ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fine in price-clipped jacket with crease to front flap else about fine. 1st English-language ed. edited and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780142437889ISBN:0142437883
Description: New. Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges' most fully realized human characters. read more
Description: Good. 052548275X Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"absolutely brilliant imagination. so plain spoken sometimes he's telling you because telling is enough. paints with words. fairy tales for grown ups. imagination triggers. telling you myths deep in your foundation that you forgot you must have already known. what a fun mind to live inside you think to yourself. and of course it's all true."
"What was to be said about this masterpiece has already been said, much more bueautifully that I can express it, so I would just say that if you are into books, if you REALLY ARE INTO BOOKS, then it would be a pitty you died without reading this or probably any other from Borges..."
"Este es el primer libro de Borges y debo admitir que no soy un fan. El libro esta compuesto de una colección de cuentos, entre los que más me gustaron esta la historia del guerrero y la cautiva, Abenjacan el Bojari, el Zahir y el mismo Aleph. la lectura se hace rapida al ser un compendio de historias cortas sin embargo, para mi gusto, Borges es demasiado elaborado y su lenguaje muy rebuscado. Estoy seguro que muchos no estarán de acuerdo conmigo pero en realidad no me entusiasmo mucho el libro, en lo personal creo que es demasiado intelectual y pretencioso."
"Not as amazing as Ficciones; and honestly I just finished this and can't remember what 2 or 3 of the stories were about, though I understood them fine and enjoyed them as I was reading them. 'The Aleph', however, is possibly my favorite Borges story-- ever-- perhaps because it touches a little close to home (note to self: when you forget Ava, you should have forgotten everything else as well) and other pieces (The Theologians, and others) are close to as amazing. Borges is a good man."
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