by Jorge Luis Borges · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420613208
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«Ficciones» is Jorge Luis Borges's collection of short stories, published by Alianza in paperback (206 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together two books of stories: El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, from 1941, and Artificios, from 1944. Among them are «Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote», «La Biblioteca de Babel», «La muerte y la brújula», «Funes el memorioso» and «El Sur», narratives that combine erudition, imagination and a deep reflection on knowledge.
The work, originally published in 1944, won the Formentor Prize for Letters in 1961. This edition belongs to Alianza's El Libro de Bolsillo (no. 320, Literature Section).
Aimed at readers of short fiction and fantastic literature, with an interest in twentieth-century Argentine literature.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
