A Universal History of Infamy

A Universal History of Infamy

Jorge Luis Borges

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1972

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Original title: Historia universal de la infamia, 1935, short non-fictional stories and literary forgeries. The edition of 1958 adds a prologue and several more literary forgeries.

Few readers will want, or be able, to resist this modern bestiary. Borges' cunning and humorous commentary is sheer delight.

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a…

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