by Jorge Luis Borges · LUMEN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426407504
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Immerse yourself in the literary universe of Jorge Luis Borges with 'The Book of Sand'. Published in 1975, this essential work brings together thirteen masterful stories that explore the author's recurring themes and obsessions, from encounters with the alter ego to ephemeral love stories and the search for the infinite in a book without beginning or end. Considered by many to be Borges' masterpiece, this book is a jewel of Latin American 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.
