A Universal History of Infamy
de BORGES, Jorge Luis
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Very Good
- Librería
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1972. First edition. 146pp. Red and black cloth boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Mild shelfwear; one small spot of soiling to textblock base. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with a small chip at top of rear panel, light foxing to interior. First American edition of this collection of short fictional biographies originally published in 1935, here translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni.
Sinopsis
A Universal History of Infamy, or A Universal History of Iniquity, is a collection of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, first published in 1935, and revised by the author in 1954. Most were published individually in the newspaper Critica between 1933-4. The stories (except Hombre de la esquina rosada) are fictionalised accounts of real criminals. The sources are listed at the end of the book.
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- Librería
- Dividing Line Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002611
- Título
- A Universal History of Infamy
- Autor
- BORGES, Jorge Luis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1972
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