by Jorge Luis Borges · Joaquin Moritz / Emece · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789500426008
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«Ficciones» is the short story collection by Jorge Luis Borges, published by Joaquín Mortiz / Emecé in paperback (278 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together stories that move between the fantastic and philosophical reflection: infinite libraries, labyrinths, dreams and mirrors are recurring motifs. It includes «Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius», «Funes el memorioso» and «La Biblioteca de Babel», where Borges explores memory, infinity and the limits of language and reality.
Anniversary edition bringing together the two parts of the work: «El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan» and «Artificios». Originally published in 1944, it received the Formentor Prize for Literature in 1961.
Recommended for readers of fantastic fiction and philosophical short stories, as well as for those who want to approach a classic of twentieth-century 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.
