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One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays, and short stories before his death in geneva in june 1986. This is one of borges who died a few years after writing it last stories, but it differs little, both thematically and stylistically from the much. Blue tigers, the rose of paracelsus and shakespeares memory. Jorge luis borges was born in buenos aires in 1989 and was educated in europe. The book of sand and shakespeares memory penguin classics by jorge luis borges.
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