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Ficciones es una obra imprescindible en la literatura contemporánea que merece su lugar destacado en cualquier canon de la literatura universal. Aquí se reúnen dos libros de Borges: El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941) que incluye ocho relatos y Artificios (1944) con nueve cuentos.... read more
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First Sentence edit
Debo a la conjuncion de un espejo y de una enciclopedia el descubrimiento de Uqbar.
Table of Contents edit
THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS (8 stories)
•“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”– A reference to an imaginary country leads the author deeper into a different linguistic reality.
•“The Approach to Al-Mu’tasim” – A review of a work of detective fiction concerned with the quest for an unreal person.
•“Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote” – Borges explains why Menard’s twentieth century (but identical) Quixote is superior to that of Cervantes’.
•“The Circular Ruins” – A mystic visionary attempts to dream a human into being.
•“The Babylon Lottery” – The history of a society ruled by the random, invisible, and godlike Company.
•“An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain” – Reviews of three strange pieces of fiction by a very unusual author.
•“The Library of Babel” – The tale of a man, perhaps Borges himself, a caretaker in the Library of infinity.
•“The Garden of Forking Paths” – A unique spy story about an impossible book and a mythical labyrinth.
ARTIFICES (9 Stories)
•“Funes, the Memorius” – A nineteen year old invalid reveals that language is an inadequate tool for those who can forget nothing.
•“The Form of the Sword” – The tale of an Irish expatriate and the scar on his face.
•“Theme of the Traitor and Hero” – When history repeats literature, looking deeper often reveals the hand of hidden forces.
•“Death and the Compass” – A detective story in which the ineffable name of God is the principal clue.
•“The Secret Miracle” – A writer’s last days under a Nazi death sentence.
•“Three Versions of Judas” – A “review” of the work of Nils Runeberg, a modern heresiarch, and his views on the nature of Judas Iscariot.
•“The End” – A completion of José Hernández’ great folk poem about Martín Fierro.
•“The Sect of the Phoenix” – The sectarians are a cult that have survived the ages, judiciously keeping the Secret which unites them.
•“The South” – In this semi-autobiographical tale, a copy of the Thousand and One Nights precipitates the strange sickness of an Argentine nationalist.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 79 of 99 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century. (authoritative list)
This is book 572 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jorge Luis Borges (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Anthony Kerrigan (Editor)
- Anthony Kerrigan (Introduction)
- Anthony Kerrigan (Translator) - Translated "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim", "The Babylon Lottery", "An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain", "The Library of Babel", "Funes, The Memorious"
- Alastair Reid (Translator) - Translated "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
- Anthony Bonner (Translator) - Translated "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote", "The Circular Ruins"
- Helen Temple (Translator) - Translated "The Garden of the Forking Paths" with Ruthven Todd.
- Ruthven Todd (Translator) - Translated "The Garden of the Forking Paths" with Helen Temple
First Edition edit
Original Language: Spanish
Publisher: Editorial Sur
Country: Argentina
Publication Date: 1944
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 203
Publisher: Editorial Sur
Country: Argentina
Publication Date: 1944
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 203
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 863
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