Ficciones is a collection of short fiction written by Jorge Luis Borges. Released in 1944, it is an expansion of Borges' previous collection The Garden of Forking Paths.
Stories within[]
The Garden of Forking Paths[]
- Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - a short story about a conspiracy reshaping the world
- The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim - a short review of a fictional book
- Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote - a short description of a man rewriting Don Quixote
- The Circular Ruins - a short magical realist story
- The Lottery in Babylon - a short description of Babylon
- An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain - a short description of a fictional author
- The Library of Babel - a short description of a fictional author
- The Garden of Forking Paths - a short World War I tale
Artifices[]
- Funes the Memorious - a short story about a man with supernaturally perfect memory
- The Form of the Sword - a short story about the Irish Rebellion
- Theme of the Traitor and the Hero - a short story about an Irish rebel
- Death and the Compass - a short mystery
- The Secret Miracle - a short story about time freezing
- Three Versions of Judas - a short description of a scholar of Judas
- The End (added to the second edition) - a short epilogue to Martín Fierro
- The Sect of the Phoenix (added to the second edition) - a short description of a secret society
- The South (added to the second edition) - a short story about a man visiting the countryside
Publisher's summary[]
The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his obsession with fantasy. Borges sends us on a journey into a compelling, bizarre, and profoundly resonant realm; we enter the fearful sphere of Pascal's abyss, the surreal and literal labyrinth of books, and the iconography of eternal return. To enter the worlds in Ficciones is to enter the mind of Jorge Luis Borges, wherein lies Heaven, Hell, and everything else in between.
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Stories | Adolfo Bioy Casares | 1994 | A collection of short stories from one of Borges' contemporaries |
| The Aleph and Other Stories | Jorge Luis Borges | 1949 | Another short story collection from Borges |
| Collected Stories | Gabriel García Márquez | 1983 | A collection of short stories from another major figure within South American literature |
| Blow-up and Other Stories | Julio Cortázar | 1968 | A collection of short stories from another major Argentinian author |
| The Burning Plain and Other Stories | Juan Rulfo | 1953 | A collection of short stories from another major figure within Latin American literature |
| Last Evenings on Earth | Roberto Bolaño | 1997 | A collection of short stories from another major figure within South American literature |
| Adam, One Afternoon, and Other Stories | Italo Calvino | 1949 | A collection of postmodernist short stories |
| Contemplation | Franz Kafka | 1912 | A collection of Modernist short stories |
Sources[]
- Wikipedia
- Goodreads