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A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity (original Spanish title: Historia universal de la infamia), is a collection of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954.
Original Spanish TitleEnglish (1972)English (2004)Central CharactersEl atroz redentor Lazarus MorellThe Dread Redeemer Lazarus MorellThe Cruel Redeemer Lazarus MorellEl impostor inverosímil Tom CastroTom Castro, the Implausible ImposterThe Improbable Imposter Tom CastroLa viuda Ching, pirataThe Widow Ching, Lady PirateThe Widow Ching – PirateEl proveedor de iniquidades Monk EastmanMonk Eastman, Purveyor of IniquitiesMonk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities- Jorge Luis Borges
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A Universal History of Infamy. Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in and was educated in Europe. One of the major writers of our time, he has published many collections of poems, essays, and short stories. In , Borges shared the International Publishers’ Prize with Samuel Beckett. The Ingram Merrill Foundation granted him its Annual ...
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A prolific writer of essays, short stories, and plays, Borges's concerns are perhaps clearest in his stories. He regarded people's endeavors to understand an incomprehensible world as fiction;...
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A Universal History of Infamy. Jorge Luis Borges. 3.91. 10,139 ratings766 reviews. In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun.
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A Universal History of Infamy, the first of Borges’ four volumes of short stories, was originally published in an Argentine newspaper of the 1930s. As well as chronicling the lives of famous or little-known villains, Borges perpetrates a literary hoax or two, a technique for which he later won acclaim.
A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity, is a collection of short stories by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954. Most were published individually in the newspaper Crítica between 1933 and 1934.
