Fictions (French language, 1951, Gallimard)
208 pages
French language
Published July 29, 1951 by Gallimard.
A collection of his short stories in which Borges often uses the labyrinth as a literary device to expound his ideas on all aspects of human life and endeavor.
Contains: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Es una obra inabarcable, llena de infinitos, de paradojas y de caminos sin salida. Al leerlo da la impresión de que más de la mitad de lo que contiene se te ha escapado entre líneas. Esa sensación deja un regusto amargo, pero es imprescindible intentarlo. Obra maestra fuera de toda categoría.
This book has been on my shelf since 1994. I'm not sure why I never read it. It's spectacularly good. Amazing, thought provoking short stories, sketches of larger works, and reviews or commentaries on imaginary works. Remarkable, unadorned pieces, without the dilution of the intriguing central idea that would have come of expanding them into longer formats.
