{"product_id":"everything-and-nothing-9780811218832","title":"Everything and Nothing","description":"\u003cem\u003eEverything and Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e collects the best of Borges' highly influential work--written in the 1930s and '40s--that foresaw the internet (\"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius\"), quantum mechanics (\"The Garden of Forking Paths\"), and cloning (\"Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote\"). David Foster Wallace described Borges as \"scalp-crinkling . . . Borges' work is designed primarily as metaphysical arguments...to transcend individual consciousness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Luis Borges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.12h x 5.28w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811218832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorges, Jorge Luis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003c\/strong\u003e (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina's National Library.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeinberger, Eliot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eEliot Weinberger's\u003c\/strong\u003e books of literary essays include \u003cem\u003eKarmic Traces\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn Elemental Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Ghosts of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAngels \u0026amp; Saints\u003c\/em\u003e. His political writings are collected in \u003cem\u003eWhat I Heard About Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat Happened Here: Bush Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e. The author of a study of Chinese poetry translation, \u003cem\u003e19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei\u003c\/em\u003e, he is a translator of the poetry of Bei Dao and the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e. He was formerly the general editor of the series \u003cem\u003eCalligrams: Writings from and on China\u003c\/em\u003e and the literary editor of the Murty Classical Library of India. Among his many translations of Latin American poetry and prose are \u003cem\u003eThe Poems of Octavio Paz\u003c\/em\u003e, Paz's \u003cem\u003eIn Light of India\u003c\/em\u003e, Vicente Huidobro's \u003cem\u003eAltazor\u003c\/em\u003e, Xavier Villaurrutia's \u003cem\u003eNostalgia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efor Death\u003c\/em\u003e, and Jorge Luis Borges' \u003cem\u003eSeven Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSelected Non-Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been publishing with New Directions since 1975.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYates, Donald A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Donald A. Yates (1930-2017) was an American professor, writer, translator, and editor\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jorge Luis Borges \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840781627549,"sku":"9780811218832","price":14.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d9d0c3dd-ebaa-4019-b3f5-21a9faffb5c2.jpg?v=1787726440","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/everything-and-nothing-9780811218832","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}