Jorge Luis Borges: A Very Short Introduction
Author:   Ilan Stavans (Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197761380


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   12 August 2025
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Jorge Luis Borges: A Very Short Introduction


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Author:   Ilan Stavans (Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 11.80cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 17.40cm
Weight:   0.127kg
ISBN:  

9780197761380


ISBN 10:   0197761380
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   12 August 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Borges as symbol 1. A ""capsuled"" life 2. Misreadings 3. Oblivion 4. The taxonomy of evil 5. Translation matters 6. Against parochialism 7. Games with time and the infinite 8. The limits of language Epilogue: Borgesian References Further reading Index

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Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Latino Studies and author of The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America and Borges, the Jew, as well as many other books.

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