Borges and the Eternal Orangutans by Luís Fernando Veríssimo

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Jorge Luis Borges is the hero of this literary whodunit by one of Brazil's most celebrated writers. Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the... read more

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I WILL TRY TO BE YOUR EYES, JORGE.

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Luís Fernando Veríssimo (Author)

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Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

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Dewey: 869.342

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Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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