{"product_id":"borges-and-his-fiction-9780292708785","title":"Borges and His Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn introduction to the life and works of this Argentinian master-writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom reviews of the first edition: \"A compulsively readable account of the life and works of our greatest ... writer of fantasy. With a keen appreciation of Borges himself and a pleasant disregard for the critical cliches, Bell-Villada tells us all we really want to know about the modern master--from pronouncing his name to understanding the stories.\" New York Daily News \"Of the scores of Borges studies by now published in English, Bell-Villada's excellent book stands out as one of the freshest and most generally helpful... Lay readers and specialists alike will find his book a valuable and highly readable companion to Ficciones and El Aleph.\" --Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface to the Revised Edition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface to the 1981 Edition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Note on Page References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chronology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. Borges's Worlds \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Buenos Aires and Beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. A Sort of Life, a Special Mind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. What Borges Did for Prose Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Borges's Fictions \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. The Apprentice Fiction Maker \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eFicciones\u003c\/i\u003e I: Doubles, Dreamers, and Detectives \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eFicciones\u003c\/i\u003e II: The World within a Book \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. \u003ci\u003eEl Aleph\u003c\/i\u003e I: Doubles and Puzzles \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eEl Aleph\u003c\/i\u003e II: Tales of Action and Violence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eEl Aleph\u003c\/i\u003e III: The Visionary Experience \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III. Borges's Place in Literature \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. \u003ci\u003eDreamtigers\u003c\/i\u003e and Later Works: A Tentative Summation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Literature and Politics North and South \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Borges as Argentine Author: And Other Self-Evident (If Often Ignored) Truths Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selected Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400848154967,"sku":"9780292708785","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292708785.jpg?v=1730471731","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/borges-and-his-fiction-9780292708785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}