โ Scribed by Borges, Jorge Luis
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
An English reader today who is interested in the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges will find only one book in print: the Collected Fictions published by Penguin. It is a major book from a major publisher, a handsome and solid tome that feels pleasantly heavy in the hand. It is the largest English collection of Borges's short works ever published. The book has everything to recommend it, save that it contains what are widely considered some of the worst English translations of Borges ever put to paper...
His widow Kodama and her accomplices perpetrated one of the great literary heists of the 21st century: stealing the priceless prose of Borges and leaving in its place a shoddy counterfeit. This book returns to us what was taken: Borges in English, as he wanted to be read.
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Single Author : Jorge Luis Borges
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Title Parm D : Borges Restored
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