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  1. The Book of Sand site is a hypertext, with a nonlinear structure and dynamic images. This story is well-suited for such a presentation, since it deals with a supernatural book whose many pages are in no discernible order. And the story's spare, haunting atmosphere comes through clearly, if not more strongly, when it is read in short, random ...

  2. 1 de mar. de 1975 · 14,552 ratings1,121 reviews. Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of the twentieth century. Now Borges's remarkable last major story collection, The Book of Sand, is paired with a handful of writings from the very end of his life. Brilliantly translated, these stories combine a direct and at times almost ...

  3. Summary: “The Book of Sand”. “The Book of Sand” by Jorge Luis Borges is a short story dealing with humankind’s inability to grasp the infinite, whether in spirituality or in physical reality. Borges is one of the most well-known Latin American authors, as well as one of the most notable postmodernists of the 20th century.

  4. The short story, “The Book of Sand”, is written by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. This short story first appears in the titular collection that the author published in 1975. This is when the author had completely lost sight in his eyes and was in his life’s last decade. The story follows an unknown narrator who buys a book with an ...

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  6. 1 de mar. de 1975 · 1,829 books12.9k followers. Follow. Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections ...

  7. Books. The Book of Sand. Jorge Luis Borges. Dutton, 1977 - Fiction - 125 pages. Thirteen new stories by the celebrated writer, including two which he considers his greatest achievements to date, artfully blend elements from many literary geares.