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    The Garden of Forking Paths

    1941 short story by Jorge Luis Borges

    "The Garden of Forking Paths" is a 1941 short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. It is the title story in the collection El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, which was republished in its entirety in Ficciones in 1944. It was the first of Borges's works to be translated into English by Anthony Boucher when it appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in August 1948. In 1958 it was translated back into English by Donald A. Yates and published in Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review, Spring 1958. In 1962 this translation was included in the book Labyrinths. The story's theme has been said to foreshadow the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. It may have been inspired by work of the philosopher and science fiction author Olaf Stapledon. Borges's vision of "forking paths" has been cited as inspiration by numerous new media scholars, in particular within the field of hypertext fiction. Wikipedia

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    "The Garden of Forking Paths" (original Spanish title: "El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan") is a 1941 short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. It is the title story in the collection El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941), which was republished in its entirety in Ficciones ( Fictions ) in 1944.
  3. interestingliterature.com

    'The Garden of Forking Paths', first published in the collection of that name in 1941, is one of the most famous stories by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. Perhaps surprisingly given Borges' reputation and the difficulties of categorising his work into a particular genre, this story was the runner-up in the Ellery Queen mystery ...
  4. sparknotes.com

    Summary The Garden of Forking Paths Full Plot Summary The story opens with an unnamed narrator explaining that the text that follows is a partial deposition dictated by Dr. Yu Tsun. The narrator states that the details of the deposition explain why a particular British offensive in World War I was delayed several days by "torrential rain."
  5. sparknotes.com

    First published in Spanish in 1941 in the book Ficciones, "The Garden of Forking Paths" was among the first of Argentine literary master Jorge Luis Borges's works to be translated into English, in 1948.The winner of the 1961 Prix Internationale, Borges, also a poet and essayist, was influenced by and has been often compared to James Joyce.. "The Garden of Forking Paths" combines ...
  6. gradesfixer.com

    Dec 16, 2024An intriguing aspect woven throughout "The Garden of Forking Paths" is its examination of identity itself—how our actions shape who we become based on choices made along life's winding path(s). For instance, consider how Yu Tsun grapples with feelings about betrayal versus duty while fulfilling his role as double agent; one can't help but ...
  7. literarysum.com

    The Garden of Forking Paths invites readers to question their own understanding of truth and consider the possibility that there may be multiple versions of reality coexisting simultaneously. The Allegory of the Novel. The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges is a novel that is rich in allegory. The story is a complex web of narratives ...
  8. fajardo-acosta.com

    questioning of the idea of history as a single path or linear process; posing instead the idea of history branching out in an infinite number of different directions at every point in time and space; every space-time node as the center of a system of branching or forking paths, an ever-recurring moment/place of choice with profound effects on and links to everything else.
  9. sparknotes.com

    The title "The Garden of Forking Paths" refers to Ts-ui Pên's idea that infinite realities are created as people face decision points. Each decision creates a new path, and the outcomes of those decisions create more opportunities for choices that split into their own paths. Yu Tsun's decisions over the course of the day, in ...
  10. involarium.org

    The Garden of Forking Paths is a 1941 short story by Borges It was the first of Borges's works to be translated into English in August 1948. The story's theme has been said to foreshadow the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Borges's vision of "forking paths" has been cited as inspiration by numerous new media scholars, in ...

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