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# Fictions

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Buy Fictions 1 by Jorge Luis Borges (ISBN: 9780141183848) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: An incredibly interesting read - Personally, I loved this book. The product itself was of high quality, it arrived exactly as expected and on time. The stories in the book though, that's something else entirely. They are rich, and far more detailed than you could imagine for how short they are. The present amazing and thought provoking ideas wrapped up in a few pages. My personal favourite, 'The Garden Of Forking Paths', in incredible. It fills out the story perfectly initially, and you won't quite understand it (Or I didn't anyway) until the very last paragraph. There were other greats in there too, such as 'The Library Of Babel' and 'The Circular Ruins', but I have yet to read one that wasn't simply mindblowing.
Review: Brilliant stories…but, - The stories are superb - a dazzling parade staged by one of the few genuinely original writers of the last century. However, confusingly - perhaps in homage to Borges’s delight in the labyrinth? - the content of three Penguin Modern Classics, ‘Fictions’, ‘Labyrinths’ and ‘The Aleph’ overlap considerably. Almost all of ‘Fictions’ appears in ‘Labyrinths’, a volume that also includes selections from ‘The Aleph’. If you are going to buy one, ‘Labyrinths’ is probably the best bet. It also contains some of Borges’s non-fiction that is also covered in much greater depth in ‘The Total Library’.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 29,301 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 911 in Short Stories (Books) 1,495 in Fiction Classics (Books) 4,135 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,036) |
| Dimensions  | 19.8 x 1.1 x 12.9 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0141183845 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0141183848 |
| Item weight  | 148 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 192 pages |
| Publication date  | 7 Sept. 2000 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Classics |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An incredibly interesting read
*by B***S on 12 September 2017*

Personally, I loved this book. The product itself was of high quality, it arrived exactly as expected and on time. The stories in the book though, that's something else entirely. They are rich, and far more detailed than you could imagine for how short they are. The present amazing and thought provoking ideas wrapped up in a few pages. My personal favourite, 'The Garden Of Forking Paths', in incredible. It fills out the story perfectly initially, and you won't quite understand it (Or I didn't anyway) until the very last paragraph. There were other greats in there too, such as 'The Library Of Babel' and 'The Circular Ruins', but I have yet to read one that wasn't simply mindblowing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant stories…but,
*by J***R on 25 November 2025*

The stories are superb - a dazzling parade staged by one of the few genuinely original writers of the last century. However, confusingly - perhaps in homage to Borges’s delight in the labyrinth? - the content of three Penguin Modern Classics, ‘Fictions’, ‘Labyrinths’ and ‘The Aleph’ overlap considerably. Almost all of ‘Fictions’ appears in ‘Labyrinths’, a volume that also includes selections from ‘The Aleph’. If you are going to buy one, ‘Labyrinths’ is probably the best bet. It also contains some of Borges’s non-fiction that is also covered in much greater depth in ‘The Total Library’.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you only ever read the collected works of one author, make it this one!
*by M***N on 22 August 2012*

Borges' collected fictions contains, not to put too fine a point on it, some of the most wonderful, magical stories ever written. The labyrinthine workings of his mind are reflected in his stories - quite literally in some places - and you will almost certainly want to visit Tlön, or his library - where you may get to read the infinite Book of Sand - the book of all books - or perhaps Herbet Quains trifurcating "April March". These stories have been the inspiration for so many authors over the years (and arguably for hypertext novels and "choose your own adventure" type books). Everybody should read them!

## Frequently Bought Together

- Penguin Modern Classics
- THE ALEPH

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