The Garden of Forking Paths

A friend recently recommended Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges to me, so I picked up the short story and essay collection 'Labyrinths' from my local bookstore. I was not disappointed.


While initially the scope and detail of some of the writer's stories proved a bit overwhelming (see Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius), what one can't deny is the originality of his ideas. The fact that these complex tales are told in this condensed form is a testimony to his skills as a writer. Here is a link to the full text of my favourite of his short stories, The Garden of Forking Paths. http://courses.essex.ac.uk/lt/lt204/forking_paths.htm