The Widow Ching--Pirate

The Widow Ching--Pirate
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 73
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ISBN-10 : 9780141971124
ISBN-13 : 0141971126
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Book Synopsis The Widow Ching--Pirate by : Jorge Luis Borges

Download or read book The Widow Ching--Pirate written by Jorge Luis Borges and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'On days of combat, the crew would mix gunpowder with their liquor' Borges became famous as a writer of short stories that contained new realities: elaborately conceived, ingenious and gamesome précis of impossible worlds or imaginary books. In these five stories there is danger on the high seas, an ungracious teacher of etiquette and an encyclopaedia of an unknown planet - and Borges's unique imagination and intellect plays throughout. This book includes The Widow Ching-Pirate, Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities, The Uncivil Teacher of Court Etiquette Kôtsuké, Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, Pierre Menard and Author of the Quixote.


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