The General in His Labyrinth - Publication History

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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