Collected Fictions

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jorge Luis Borges 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1999-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140286809
• 定价 170.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 576页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Aprovocativecounterargumenttotheblue/reddividethatilluminatesourcountry'smultidimensionalpoliticalspectrum.Inaclimateofculturewarsandeconomicuncertainty,themediahaveoftenreducedAmericatoasimplisticschismbetweenredandbluestates.Inresponsetothatoversimplification,journalistDanteChinniteamedupwithpoliticalgeographerJamesGimpel,usingon-the-groundreportingandstatisticalanalysistogetpastgeneralizationsandprobeAmericancommunitiesindepth.Lookingatthedata,theyrecognizedthatthecountrybreaksintotwelvedistincttypesofcommunities,whosedifferencesandspecificconcernsshedlightonthesubtledistinctionsinhowAmericansvote,shop,andotherwisebehave.Showcasingpersonalinterviews,combinedwithfactsandstatistics,OurPatchworkNationoffersabrilliantnewwaytoexaminetheissuesthatmattermosttoourcommunities,andtoournation.

【作者简介】

Oneofthetwentiethcentury'sgreatestwriters,JorgeLuisBorges(1899-1986)publishednumerouscollectionsofpoems,essays,andfiction,DirectoroftheNationalLibraryofBuenosAiresfrom1955to1973,BorgeswasawardedthedegreeofDoctorofLetters,honoriscausa,frombothColumbiaandOxford.Hereceivedvariousliteraryawardsoverthecourseofhiscareer,includingtheInternationalPublisher'sPrize(whichhesharedwithSamuelBeckettin1961),theJerusalemPrize,andtheAlfonsoReyesPrize.AndrewHurleyisatranslatorofnumerousworksofliterature,criticism,history,andmemoir.HeisprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofPuertoRico.