A universal history of iniquity
By: Jorge Luis Borges ; translated with an introduction by Andrew Hurley.
Contributors: Hurley, Andrew.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Brigands and robbers -- Fiction; Outlaws -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West, as well as his horrified fascination with knife fights, political and personal betrayal, and bloodthirsty revenge. Spark-ling with the sheer exuberant pleasure of story-telling, this collection marked the emergence of an utterly distinctive literary voice.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.
Includes bibliographical references.
These translations originally published in: Collected Fictions. New York : Viking, 1998.
Table of contents: title: A Universal History of Iniquity (1935) 1; title: Preface to the First Edition 3; title: Preface to the 1954 Edition 4; title: The Cruel Redeemer Lazarus Morell 7; title: The Improbable Impostor Tom Castro 16; title: The Widow Ching—Pirate 23; title: Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities 30; title: The Disinterested Killer Bill Harrigan 37; title: The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette; title: Kötsuké no Suké 42; title: Hakim, the Masked Dyer ofMerv 48; title: Man on Pink Corner 55; title: Et cetera 65; title: Index of Sources 79; title: A Note on the Translation 81; title: Acknowledgments 89; title: Notes to the Fictions 91