The Garden of Forking Paths

Interesting Facts

• The book is a collection of stories, each exploring themes of time, infinity, and labyrinths.
• The title of the book refers to the eponymous story in which the main character discovers that his ancestor created a novel-labyrinth.
• In the story «The Garden of Forking Paths», the main character, Dr. Yu Tsun, is a Chinese spy working for Germany during World War I.
• In the story «The Library of Babel», an infinite library containing all possible books is described, symbolizing the infinity of knowledge and chaos.
• The story «Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius» explores the idea of a fictional world that begins to influence the real world.
• Borges uses the metaphor of the labyrinth as a symbol of the complex and intricate nature of human existence and understanding.