Ts’ui Pên is Yu Tsun’s great-grandfather in “The Garden of Forking Paths.” He is famous for having set out to write a novel and create a labyrinth, and though he did write a novel, everyone thinks he failed because he never created the labyrinth. However, Stephen Albert—who is familiar with Ts’ui Pên’s work—tells Yu Tsun that his great-grandfather actually did create a labyrinth: after all, the novel itself was the labyrinth.
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Ts’ui Pên Character Timeline in Ficciones
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8. The Garden of Forking Paths
...a trick to get to the middle of a labyrinth. He thinks about his great-grandfather, Ts’ui Pên , who gave up an illustrious political career to write a novel and create a...
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...Albert relates his life story, including his dream to become a Sinologist. The men discuss Ts’ui Pên ’s work. Albert comments on how strange a mission Ts’ui Pên took on, having been...
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