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In Praise of Darkness (Elogio de la Sombra)
| Title | In Praise of Darkness (Elogio de la Sombra) |
| Names | Borges, Jorge Luis. |
| Book Number | BR002639 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Braille |
| Annotation | A collection of elegaic poems and short prose pieces. "Darkness stands for blindness and death," according to Mr. Borges, who is blind. English and Spanish language. |
| General Notes | Contracted and unontracted braille. |
| "Original title of this book is Elogio de la sombra." |
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| Spanish text in uncontracted braille. |
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| Length | 1 v. of press braille ; |
| Local Subject | Physical disability - HE9 |
| POETRY - AR4 | |
| World Language - WL | |
| Spanish language book - SPL | |
| Adult book - AD | |
| Short book - SH | |
| Blindness - HE7 | |
| Spanish/English bilingual - SPB | |
| Nonfiction - NF | |
| LC Subject | Argentine poetry - 20th century - Translations into English |
| Blind authors |
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| Audience Notes | A |
| Call Number | 863 ANF |
| Language | Spanish |
| Contents | Preface. -- John I:14. -- Heraclitus. -- Cambridge. -- Elsa. -- New England 1967. -- James Joyce. -- The unending gift. -- Episode of the enemy. -- The labyrinth. -- Labyrinth. -- May 20, 1928. -- Ricardo Guiraldes. -- The anthropologist. -- To a certain ghost, 1940. -- Plain things. -- Rubaiyat. -- Pedro Salvadores. -- To Israel. -- Israel. -- June 1968. -- The keeper of the books. -- The gauchos. -- Acevedo. -- Milonga of Manuel Flores. -- Milonga of Calandria. -- Invocation to Joyce. -- Israel 1969. -- "Ritter, Tod, Und Teufel"(I). -- "Ritter, Tod, Und Teufel"(II). -- Buenos Aires. -- From an apocryphal gospel. -- Legend. -- A prayer. -- His end and his beginning. -- A reader. -- In praise of darkness. -- Appendix: Original preface. -- Note of the text. -- Note on the translation. -- Bibliographical note. |
| Released | 1974 |
| Publication Info | [Washington, D.C.] : New York, Dutton (APH, transcribing agency. APH, distributor) 1974 |
| Original Publication | Reproduced from: A bilingual ed. New York, Dutton, 1974. |
