The total library

Jorge Luis Borges

Translated by Esther Allen earliest edition we have, 2000 Penguin, 2001 560 pages

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"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 prose. In The Total Library, more than 150 of Borges' most brilliant pieces are brought together for the first time in one volume - all in superb new translations. More than a hundred of the pieces have never previously been publishe...

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Esther Allen 1 printing we hold · 2001 · Penguin

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The total library edition · 2001 · Penguin · 560 pages
The Total Library hardcover · 2000 · Allen Lane · 576 pages · 9780713992717

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