Ficciones

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 9 PART ONE: THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS Prologue 15 Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius 17 The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim 37 Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote 45 The Circular Ruins 57 The Babylon Lottery 65 An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain 73 The Library of Babel 79 The Garden of Forking Paths 89 PART TWO: ARTIFICES Prologue 105 Funes, the Memorious 107 The Form of the Sword 117 Theme of the Traitor and Hero 123 Death and the Compass 129 The Secret Miracle 143 Three Versions of Judas 151 The End 159 The Sect of the Phoenix 163 The South 167