A Universal History of Infamy.
by Borges, Jorge Luis
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0525226702
- ISBN 13
- 9780525226703
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About This Item
Borges, Jorge Luis. A Universal History of Infamy. New York:: Dutton, 1972.. First Printing of the First US Edition. ISBN: 0525226702. A Fine copy in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket. This collection of short stories first published in 1935 is responsible for the coining of the term "magical realism", and set the beginning of the movement. The stories except for one are fictionalized accounts of real criminals. The sources are listed at the end of the book, but Borges makes many alterations in the retelling—arbitrary or otherwise—particularly to dates and names, so the accounts cannot be relied upon as historical.
Synopsis
A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity, is a collection of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954. Most were published individually in the newspaper Critica between 1933-4. The stories (except Hombre de la esquina rosada) are fictionalised accounts of real criminals. The sources are listed at the end of the book.
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- Bookseller
- Gregor Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26720
- Title
- A Universal History of Infamy.
- Author
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0525226702
- ISBN 13
- 9780525226703
- Publisher
- Dutton,
- Place of Publication
- New York::
- Date Published
- 1972..
- Keywords
- Borges
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