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And the book of sand and shakespeares memory brings together two of borges shorter collections, with all sorts of surreal twists in a seemingly ordinary world. Magical and gritty, beautiful and haunting and sadly, the last work he did. Equally haunting is the tale of the scholar who mysteriously acquires shakespeares memory and the other evocative parables which make up his final work. Borges has written a story about a character who commits suicide, but the younger borges insists that this room 19 is where their mother stayed. The story was originally published in the new yorker in 1998. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. The book of sand and shakespeares memory penguin classics paperback december 18, 2007 quantity add to cart sku. You can read the the book of sand and shakespeares memory book on our website. The first edition of this novel was published in 2001, and was written by jorge luis borges. Jorge luis borges was born in buenos aires in 1989 and was educated in europe. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jorge borges books online. Shakespeares memory, by jorge luis borges habla, mnemosina.
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