9 must-read classics books like A Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley

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A Universal History of Iniquity

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals…

If you liked the classics plot in A Universal History of Iniquity by Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Hopscotch

By: Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

Format: 564 pages, Paperback

Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded… read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
  • literature
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
"Pero el amor, esa palabra..."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Explanation is a well-dressed error."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Pobre amor el que de pensamiento se alimenta."

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

"Hay ausencias que representan un verdadero triunfo"

-Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch

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2. Historias fantásticas

By: Adolfo Bioy Casares

3.91

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

O livro reúne catorze contos do escritor argentino Bioy Casares, publicados entre 1948 e 1969. O vo… read more

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  • literature
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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3. Alguien que anda por ahí y otros relatos

By: Julio Cortázar

4.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alguien que anda por ahi (1977) reune once cuentos en los que Cortazar vuelve a superarse a si mism… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • latin american
  • short stories
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4. Final del juego

By: Julio Cortázar

3.87

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Final del juego es una de las colecciones de cuentos mas importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo … read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Cronopios and Famas

By: Julio Cortázar , Paul Blackburn

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"The Instruction Manual," the first chapter, is an absurd assortment of tasks and items dissected i… read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
  • literature
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. Todos los fuegos el fuego

By: Julio Cortázar , None

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

Todos los fuegos el fuego offers eight great examples of the creative fullness that encompasses Cor… read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
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  • short stories
  • fiction
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7. El perseguidor

By: Julio Cortázar

3.47

Format: 156 pages,

La obra del escritor argentino JULIO CORTAZAR, que llego a su plenitud en la decada de los cincuent… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature

By: Franz Kafka , Gilles Deleuze , Félix Guattari

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

In KafkaDeleuze and Guattari free their subject from his (mis)interpreters. In contrast to traditio… read more

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  • literature
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9. Bestiario

By: Julio Cortázar

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In these eight masterpieces there is no room for the smallest sign of stumbling or youthful underto… read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. A Universal History of Iniquity

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals… read more

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  • classics
  • magical realism
  • literature
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction

11. Las armas secretas

By: Julio Cortázar

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

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12. Distant Star

By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The star of Roberto Bolano's hair-raising novel Distant Staris Alberto Ruiz-Tagle, an air force pil… read more

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13. Autobiografía de Irene

By: Silvina Ocampo

3.88

Format: 144 pages,

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14. Bartleby & Co.

By: Enrique Vila-Matas , Jonathan Dunne

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Bartleby Co., an enormously enjoyable novel, Enrique Vila-Matas tackles the theme of silence in … read more

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15. The Invention of Morel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Adolfo Bioy Casares , Norah Borges de Torre , Ruth L.C. Simms

4.00

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • latin american
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
"So I was dead! The thought delighted me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"To be sure, nothing created by man is perfect."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

"It is frightening to accept so much good fortune!"

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Invention of Morel

16. Gerona

By: Benito Pérez Galdós

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

This is an English translation of Benito Perez Galdos' historical novel Gerona (1874), which recoun… read more

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17. Imaginary Lives

By: Marcel Schwob

4.04

Format: 431 pages,

Vidas imaginarias(1895) narra la "vida de algunos poetas, dioses, asesinos y piratas, asi como de v… read more

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18. La otra orilla

By: Julio Cortázar

3.87

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Escritos entre 1937 y 1945, los cuentos que componen La otra orillaconstituyen la primera incursion… read more

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19. El juguete rabioso

By: Roberto Arlt

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

El juguete rabioso es la primera novela del escritor Roberto Arlt -marcadamente autobiografica- pub… read more

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20. The Insufferable Gaucho

By: Roberto Bolaño , Chris Andrews

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

As Pankaj Mishra remarked in The Nation, one of the remarkable qualities of Bolano's short stories … read more

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21. Los cachorros: Mario Vargas Llosa

By: Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla

3.88

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

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Hopscotch

Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

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Alguien que anda por ahí y otros relatos

Julio Cortázar

4.49

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Final del juego

Julio Cortázar

3.87

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Cronopios and Famas

Julio Cortázar , Paul Blackburn

4.39

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Hopscotch

Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

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El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

Gabriel García Márquez

3.79

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda , W.S. Merwin , Cristina García

4.21

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