by Jorge Luis Borges · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420616629
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«El libro de arena» is a collection of fantastic short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, published by Alianza in paperback (105 pages, in Spanish).
The last narrative collection published during Jorge Luis Borges's lifetime, it brings together stories where the extraordinary looms over routine: a book with infinite pages, a congress that aspires to encompass the universe. It includes tales such as «El otro», «Ulrica» and «El Congreso», with the Argentine writer's obsessions with infinity, time and identity.
This edition belongs to the El libro de bolsillo collection from Alianza Editorial (no. 662, Literature Section). The work was originally published in 1975; this edition, in 1984.
Recommended for readers of fantastic literature and short fiction who want to approach the narrative maturity of Jorge Luis Borges.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges 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, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
