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Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges
Ficciones es una obra imprescindible en la literatura contemporánea que merece su lugar destacado en cualquier canon de la literatura universal. Aquí se reúnen dos libros de Borges: El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941) que incluye ocho relatos y Artificios (1944) con nueve cuentos. En esta colección, Borges nos lleva de viaje por un reino extraño, irresistible y profundamente resonante. Entramos en... (more)
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Hopscotch
by Julio Cortázar
Julio Florencio Cortázar (Ixelles, Bélgica, 26 de agosto de 1914 – París, Francia, 12 de febrero de 1984) fue un escritor, traductor e intelectual argentino nacionalizado francés. Se le considera uno de los autores más innovadores y originales de su tiempo, maestro del relato corto, la prosa poética y la narración breve en general, comparable a Jorge Luis Borges, Antón Chéjov o Edgar Allan Poe, y creador de... (more)
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Cuentos Completos 2
by Julio Cortázar
In Cortazar s world, games recover their lost potential as a serious activity for adults. Although it is true that his characters enjoy playing, the dangerous quality of many of their games will leave them with a dreadful truth, insanity or death, not to mention a fleeting sense of oblivion of their circumstances. No other writer has transformed games into such a malleable and useful instrument of artistic... (more)
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The Tunnel
by Ernesto Sábato
One of the great short novels of the twentieth century-in an edition marking the 100th anniversary of the author's birth. An unforgettable psychological novel of obsessive love, The Tunnel was championed by Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, and Graham Greene upon its publication in 1948 and went on to become an international bestseller. At its center is an artist named Juan Pablo Castel, who recounts from his... (more)
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Collected Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
The New York Times bestseller, "a marvelous new collection of stories by . . . one of the most remarkable writers of our century" --Richard Bernstein, The New York Times Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century. Now for the first time in English, all of Borges' dazzling fictions are gathered into a single volume, brilliantly translated by Andrew Hurley. From his 1935... (more)
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Labyrinths
Selected Stories and Other Writings
by Jorge Luis Borges
A collection of short stories, essays and parables.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
by Manuel Puig
Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical Valentin listens. Valentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; Molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurable. Each has always been alone, and always - especially now - in danger of betrayal. But in cell,... (more)
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The Aleph
And Other Stories
by Jorge Luis Borges
El trabajo que da titulo a Historia de la eternidad se ocupa del tiempo y de su negacion y examina dos concepciones contrapuestas de eternidad: la alejandrina, de raiz platonica, y la cristiana, nacida con la doctrina trinitaria de Ireneo y formalizada por San Agustin. Otras dos penetrantes digresiones estudian la doctrina de Nietzsche sobre el eterno retorno y las concepciones basadas en el caracter recurrente... (more)
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Cuentos Completos 1, Cortazar (Complete Short Stories 1, Cortazar)
by Julio Cortázar
The first of three exceptional volumes of short stories written by this immortal master. His stories are a brilliant painting of improbable, magical and tender beings. They are the best mixture of his Literature, and are also the opportunity to embark on an endless trip. This volume includes: La otra orilla, Bestiario, Las armas secretas, and Final del juego.
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El Farmer (Spanish Edition)
by Andrés Rivera
Text: Spanish
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On Heroes And Tombs
by Ernesto Sabato
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Ultimo round
by Julio Cortazar
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Teatro de operaciones : anatomía y literatura
by Liliana Lukin
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The Literary Conference
by César Aira
New in the New Directions Pearls series: an extremely rich mad scientist attempts to clone a leading genius in a bid to take over the world. César is a translator who’s fallen on very hard times due to the global economic downturn; he is also an author, and a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination. On a visit to the beach he intuitively solves an ancient riddle, finds a pirate’s treasure, and becomes a very... (more)
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Libro de buen amor
MagnificatJorge Ricardo Aulicino
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Magnificat
by Jorge Ricardo Aulicino
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On Heroes and Tombs
by Ernesto Sábato
Un relato sobre los últimos representantes de una familia oligárquica venida a menos. en la que se intercala la trágica historia de los seguidores del general Lavalle que una vez derrotados llevaron el cuerpo muerto de su jefe al exilio. Por un lado. Martín y Alejandra. que viven una relación tortuosa y atormentada. incapaces de escapar a un turbio destino: la genética predisposición de la familia de ella a la... (more)
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The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
The Island of Doctor Moreau inspired this 1940 novella. Set on a mysterious island, The Invention of Morel is a story of suspense and exploration as well as an unlikely romance, where every detail is both crystal clear and deeply mysterious. Susan Jill Levine's revision of Ruth Simm's translation offers a new experience of an uncanny work of genius.
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Blow-Up and Other Stories
by Julio Cortázar
A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams...A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim...In the stories collected here -- including "Blow-Up;' on which Antonioni based his film -- Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious, perhaps even the terrible. This is the most brilliant and celebrated book of short... (more)
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Antologia Poetica
by Alfonsina Storni
Text: Spanish

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