by Jorge Luis Borges · Editorial Planeta Mexicana Sa De cv · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789500402798
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«Historia universal de la infamia» is Jorge Luis Borges's collection of short stories, published by Editorial Planeta Mexicana in paperback.
The book brings together seven tales about real and legendary figures marked by infamy, including Lazarus Morell, the Widow Ching, Monk Eastman, Billy the Kid and Hakim of Merv. The collection closes with «Hombre de la esquina rosada», a story set on the outskirts, and a series of texts gathered under the title «Etcétera».
The stories were written between 1933 and 1934 and the book was originally published in 1935. This 1995 edition belongs to the Obras completas de Jorge Luis Borges series.
Suitable for readers of Latin American short fiction and Jorge Luis Borges's brief narrative.
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.
