For the first time in English, all the fiction by the writer who has been called “the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century” collected in a single volume. Collected Fictions features the intriguing and ingenious fictions that span Jorge Luis Borges’s fifty-year career, from his 1935 debut with A Universal History of Iniquity through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The Aleph, to his final work in the 1980s, Shakespeare’s Memory. Borges’s celebrated themes—dreams, duels, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, chance manipulations, gauchos, knife fighters, tigers, and the elusive nature of identity—are explored playfully through his experimental use of ostensibly subliterary genres. He transforms detective stories into metaphysical inquiries, fantasy writing into central elements of fiction that question and reinvent everyday reality, and literary essays into tools for reviewing wholly imaginary books.

Andrew Hurley’s brilliant translations bring these magical stories to life anew in English, celebrating an event worthy of celebration as noted by The New York Times: “An event, and cause for celebration.” This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition includes flaps and deckle-edged paper, enhancing the reading experience with its elegant presentation.

Read more about Collected Fictions, a testament to one of literature’s most innovative minds. Jorge Luis Borges returns again and again to his celebrated themes in this comprehensive collection that is essential for any lover of speculative fiction and literary experimentation.