Ficciones
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Prologue 1. Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius 2. The Approach to Al-Mu’tasim 3. Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote 4. The Circular Ruins 5. The Babylon Lottery 6. An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain 7. The Library of Babel 8. The Garden of Forking Paths Prologue (2) 9. Funes, The Memorious 10. The Form of the Sword 11. Theme of the Traitor and Hero 12. Death and the Compass 13. The Secret Miracle 14. Three Versions of Judas 15. The End 16. The Sect of the Phoenix 17. The South
Themes
All Themes Investigation and Knowledge Language and Human Consciousness Perspective, Authorship, and Subjectivity Infinity Reality vs. Illusion
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Characters
All Characters Borges/The Narrator Bioy Casares Pierre Menard The Wizard The Law Student Herbert Quain Dr. Yu Tsun Stephen Albert Ts’ui Pên Ireneo Funes The Englishman of Colorada/The Irishman/John Vincent Moon Fergus Kilpatrick Ryan Erik Lönnrot Dr. Marcel Yarmolinsky Jaromir Hladík Nils Runeberg Juan Dahlmann
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All Symbols The Library and Books
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Ficciones

by

Jorge Luis Borges
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The Library and Books

In Ficciones, libraries and books (and even the general act of writing) symbolize both humanity’s search for knowledge and the desire to further the creation of knowledge. In “The Library of Babel,” the librarian…

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