Collected Fictions

574 Pages·1999·10.025 MB·English

by  Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley

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COL LECT ED FICTION S
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TRANSLATED BY
Andrew Hurley
PENGUIN BOOKS
Contents
A UNIVERSALH ISTORY OF INIQUITY( 19)3 5 1
Prefatcothe e F irEsditt ion 3
Prefatcote h 1e 9E5d4i tion 4
TheC rueRle deemLearz arMuosr ell 6
TheI mprobaIbmlpeo stToomr C astro 13
TheWi dow ChingP-irate 19
MonkE astmaPnu,r veyoofIr n iquities 25
TheD isinterKielslteBerild lH arrigan 31
TheU ncivTeialc heorfC ourEtt iqueKtottseuk en oS uke 35
Hakim, theM askeDdy eorf M erv 40
Mano nP inCko rner 45
Etcetera 53
IndeoxfS ources 64
FICTIONS (1944)
THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS (1941)
Foreword 67
TlonU,q baOrr,b iTser tius 68
TheA pproatcohA l-Mu'tasim 82
VI CONTENTS
PierrMee narAdu,t hoorft heQ uixote 88
TheC ircuRluairn s 96
TheL otteinr Bya bylon 101
A Survoeyf t hWeo rkosf H erbeQruta in 170
The LibraorfBy a bel 112
TheG ardeonfF orkinPga ths 119
ARTIFICE(S 1944) 129
Foreword 129
FuneHsi,sM emory 131
TheS hapoeft hSew ord 138
TheT hemeo ft hTer aitanodr thHee ro 143
Deatahn dt hCeo mpass 147
TheS ecreMti racle 157
ThreVee rsioofnJ su das 136
TheE nd 168
TheC ulotf t hPeh oenix 171
TheS outh 174
THE ALEPH (1949) 181
TheIm mortal 138
TheD eaMdan 196
TheT heologians 201
Storoyft hWea rriaonrdt hCea ptiMvaei den 208
A BiograpohfyT adeoI sidoCrrou z( 182.9-)1 874 212
Emm aZunz 251
TheH ousoef A sterion 220
TheO theDre ath 223
DeutscRheesq uiem 229
AverroSeesa'r ch 235
TheZahir 242
TheW ritionftg h Geo d 250
CONTENTS VII
Ibn-I:Iakaalm- BokhMaurrdie,r eind HisLa byrinth
TheT woK ingasn dt hTew oL abyrinths
TheW ait
TheM ano nt hTeh reshold
TheA leph
Afterword
THE MAKER (196)0 289
Forewo:Fr odrL eopolLduog ones 291
TheM aker 292
Dreatmi gers 294
A DialAobgo uatD ialog 295
Toenails 296
CoverMeirdr ors 297
ArgumenOtrnuimt hologicum 299
TheC aptive 300
TheM ountebank 301
DelEilae nSaa nM arco 303
A DialBoegtw eeDne aMde n 304
TheP lot 307
A Problem 308
TheY ellRoows e 310
TheW itness 311
MartFiine rro 312
Mutations 314
ParabolfCe e rvantaensdt heQ uixote 351
ParadXXiXIs,o 1,0 8 316
Parabolfte h Pea lace 317
EverythainNndog t hing 319
Ragnarok 321
InfeIrn,3o2 , 323
Borgaensd I 324
VIII CONTENTS
MUSEUM 325
On Exactitinu dSec ience 325
In MemoriaJmF.,. K. 326
Afterword 327
IN PRAIES OF DARKNESS( 1969) 329
Foreword 313
TheE thnographer 334
PedrSoa lvadores 363
Legend 383
A Prayer 393
HisE nda ndH isB eginning 340
BRODIE'SR EPORT (1970) 343
Foreword 345
TheI nterloper 348
Unwotrhy 325
TheS torfroym RosenJduoa rez 385
TheE ncounter 364
JuaMnu raiia 307
TheE lderLlayd y 375
TheD uel 381
TheO theDru el 386
Guayaquil 390
TheG ospAeclc ordtioMn ga rk 397
BrodiRee'pso rt 402
CONTETNS IX
THE BOOK OF SAND (1975) 409
TheO ther 411
Ulrikke 418
TheC ongress 422
TherAer eM oreT hings 437
TheS ecotft hTeh irty 443
TheN ighotft hGeifts 446
TheM irroarn dt hMeas k 451
"Undr" 455
A WearMyan 'sU topia 460
The Bribe 466
AvelinAor redondo 472
TheD isk 477
TheB ooko fS and 480
Afterword 484
SHAKESPEARE'SM EMO RY (189)3 487
Augus2t51 ,9 83 489
BluTei gers 494
TheR osoef P aracelsus 504
ShakespeMaermeo'rsy soB
AN oteo nt hTer anslation 517
Acknowledgments 532
Notetsot hFei ctions 525
A UniverHsials tyo r
ofI niquity
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