9781892389831-1892389835-A New Universal History of Infamy

A New Universal History of Infamy

ISBN-13: 9781892389831
ISBN-10: 1892389835
Edition: First Edition
Author: Rhys Hughes
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Night Shade
Format: Hardcover 183 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781892389831
ISBN-10: 1892389835
Edition: First Edition
Author: Rhys Hughes
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Night Shade
Format: Hardcover 183 pages

Summary

A New Universal History of Infamy (ISBN-13: 9781892389831 and ISBN-10: 1892389835), written by authors Rhys Hughes, was published by Night Shade in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent A New Universal History of Infamy (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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From 1933 to 1934, Jorge Luis Borges, the master of fiction whose work would change the literary world, published a series of "falsifications and distortions" in the Buenos Aires newspaper Critica. These "falsifications" used as their starting point the lives of real villains and desperados. Borges then elaborated using all of the anecdotes and myths about these historical characters, creating what amounted to "nonfictional fictions." The entire series was then published in book form as A Universal History of Infamy. Now Rhys Hughes, a Welshman of some infamy himself, has summoned his vast storytelling powers to create A New Universal History of Infamy, with all-new historical characters as the focus of his nonfiction fictions. Come along on a wild ride with unsavory types of every description. Entertaining and erudite at the same time, Hughes' book also includes some of the literary parodies Borges himself delighted in creating. With an introduction by noted critic John Clute and an afterword by Michael Simanoff.

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