by Jorge Luis Borges · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420633145
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«Historia universal de la infamia» is Jorge Luis Borges's collection of short stories, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (136 pages, in Spanish).
The stories in the volume draw on biographies and anecdotes of real and legendary figures, such as Billy the Kid, turning them into fiction with a baroque prose. Borges addresses betrayal, revenge and human cruelty. It includes «Hombre de la Esquina Rosada» and «Etcétera», six notes or glosses that showcase Borges's literary culture.
This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Borges collection from Alianza Editorial, within El Libro de Bolsillo, and was published on April 21, 1997.
A work of interest to the general public and to university students of Spanish literature.
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.
