Ficciones

Ficciones is the most popular anthology of short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, and is considered by many to be the best introduction to his work.

• 1941: Borges' first anthology appeared, The Garden of Forking Paths (El Jardín de senderos que se bifurcan).
• 1944: The anthology Ficciones is published, which included the 1941 volume as its first half.
• 1962: Anthony Bonner produced an English translation of Ficciones

Ficciones should not be confused with Labyrinths, though they have much in common. Labyrinths is a separate translation of Borges material, by James E. Irby, that also appeared in 1962. Together, these two translations led to much of Borges's worldwide fame in the 60s. Several stories appear in both volumes.

Contents

• Part One: The Garden of Forking Paths
  • Prologue
  • Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940)
  • The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim
  • Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote (1939)
  • The Circular Ruins (1941)
  • The Babylon Lottery (1941)
  • An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quinn
  • The Library of Babel (1941)
  • The Garden of Forking Paths
• Part Two: Artifices
  • Prologue
  • Funes the Memorious
  • The Form of the Sword
  • Theme of the Traitor and Hero
  • Death and the Compass (1944)
  • The Secret Miracle
  • Three Versions of Judas
  • The End
  • The Sect of the Phoenix
  • The South