New York: Doubleday, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. In addition, a complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. A petite volume at 7 3/4"" tall x 5 1/4"" wide; 299 numbered pages. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket, ""In this comic and poignant coming-of-age memoir, an apprentice writer has an encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges that will profoundly alter his life and work.""

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Bookseller: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M001516
Title: Borges and Me: An Encounter
Author: Parini, Jay
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0385545827
ISBN 13: 9780385545822
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2020
Keywords: Fiction, American Authors - Anecdotes - Fiction, American Author - Jay Parini, Jorge Luis Borges -1899-1986 - Influence
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.

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