The Widow Ching--Pirate

The Widow Ching--Pirate
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 73
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ISBN-10 : 9780141195810
ISBN-13 : 0141195819
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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 pr�cis 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 K�tsuk�, Tl�n, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, Pierre Menard and Author of the Quixote.


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