Publication History
The original Spanish version of The General in His Labyrinth was published simultaneously in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Spain in 1989. The first American edition was listed as a best seller in The New York Times the following year.
The novel has been translated into many languages since its first publication in Spanish, as detailed by Sfeir de González in 2003.
| Year | Language | Title | Translator | Company | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Arabic | Al-Jiniral fi matahatihi | Salih Ilmani | Nicosia: IBAL | 287 |
| 1989 | German | Der General in seinem Labyrinth: Roman | Dagmar Ploetz | Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch | 359 |
| 1989 | Swedish | Generalen i sin labyrint | Jens Nordenhök | Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand | 267 |
| 1989 | Portuguese | O General em seu Labirinto | Moacir Werneck de Castro | Rio de Janeiro: Editora Record | 281 |
| 1990 | English | The General in His Labyrinth | Edith Grossman | New York City: Alfred A. Knopf | 285 |
| 1990 | French | Le Général dans son labyrinthe | Annie Morvan | Paris: B. Grasset | 318 |
| 1990 | Turkish | Labirentindeki General | İnci Kut | İstanbul: Can Yayınları | 253 |
| 1990 | Basque | Jenerala bere laberintoan | Xabier Mendiguren | Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain: Eikar | 279 |
| 1991 | Hebrew | General be-mavokh | Ritah Meltser and Amatsyah Porat | Tel Aviv: Am Oved | 205 |
| 1991 | Japanese | Meikyu no Shogun | Kimura Eiichi | Tokyo: Shinchosha | 323 |
| 1991 | Persian | Zhiniral dar hazar tu-yi khvad | Hushang Asadi (based on the English version) | Tehran: Kitab-i Mahnaz | 237 |
| 1992 | Hungarian | A tábornok útvesztője | Tomcsányi Zsuzsanna | Budapest: Magvető | 254 |
| 1992, 1996 | Italian | Il generale nel suo labirinto | Angelo Morino | Milan: Mondadori | 286 |
| 1993 | Polish | Generał w labiryncie | Zofia Wasitowa | Warsaw: Pánstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy | 285 |
| 1995 | Chinese | Mi gong zhong di jiang jun | Chengdong Yin | Taipei: Yun chen wen hua shi ye | 321 |
| 1996 | Dutch | De generaal in zijn labyrint | Mieke Westra | Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 3rd ed. | 317 |
| 1996 | Romanian | Generalul în labirintul său | Mihaela Dumitrescu | Bucharest: RAO | 256 |
| 1999 | Vietnamese | Tướng quân giữa mê hồn trận | Nguyễn Trung Đức | Hanoi: Hội Nhà Văn | 394 |
| 2000 | Albanian | Gjenerali në labirintin e vet:Roman | Nasi Lera | Tirana: Mësonjëtorja e Parë | 305 |
| n.m. | Greek | Ο στρατηγός μες στο Λαβύρινθό του | Klaiti Sotiriadou - Barajas | Athens: Livanis Publications | 309 |
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