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1975. Published in English. 1977. Media type. Print. Pages. 181. The Book of Sand (Spanish: El libro de arena) is a 1975 short story collection by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. In the author's opinion, the collection, written relatively late in his career — and while blind — is his best book.
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"The Book of Sand" (Spanish: El libro de arena) is a 1975 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges about the discovery of a book with infinite pages. It has parallels to the same author's 1949 story " The Zahir " (revised in 1974), continuing the theme of self-reference and attempting to abandon the terribly infinite, and to ...
Book of Sand are thirteen brand-new stories. rivaling those famous stories that established. Borges' world-wide reputation. Borges him-. self considers two of the stories—the title. story and "The Congress"—to be among his. greatest achievements in short fiction. Like the distinctive stories in Ficciones and.
23 de fev. de 2021 · Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. 125 p. ; 24 cm. Translation of El libro de arena. The other.--Ulrike.--The Congress.--There are more things.--The Sect of the Thirty.--The night of the gifts.--The mirror and the mask.--Undr.--Utopia of a tired man.--The ...
to read. I suspect that he saw the Book of Books as an amulet. He was of the lowest caste; people weren’t able to step on his shadow without contamination. He told me that his book is called the Book of Sand because neither the book nor sand possess a beginning or an end.” He suggested I try finding the first page.
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Book of Sand’ is a late story by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). This 1975 short story is narrated by a book collector who acquires a mysterious book which appears to have an infinite number of pages.
The Book of Sand ( Spanish: El libro de arena) is a 1975 short story collection by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. In the author's opinion, the collection, written relatively late in his career — and while blind — is his best book. This opinion is not shared by most critics, many of whom prefer his other works such as those in Ficciones (1944).
