"Some of the most witty, uncannily original short fiction in Western Literature."―The New Yorker Celebrating the centennial of his birth, Everything and Nothing compiles the most anthologized and widely read fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, "a giant of world literature" (John Updike, The New Yorker). Some of the narrative pieces herein contained are: "Pierre Menard" in which a modern writer reconstructs passages from Don Quixote that are verbally identical but read differently; "The Garden of Forking Paths," an intellectual variation on the detective-story genre; and "Nightmares," a lecture which, as Alastair Reid puts it, "shifts from personal memories to writers, to an examination of other peoples' metaphors, to language itself." Everything and Nothing serves as a perfect introduction to Borges's genius.

The author draws upon the rich literary heritage of his native Argentina and the body of work that has been formed into a South American canon in a collection of short fiction forged in the political and social upheaval of South America.

Product Description: Intermediate students will enjoy this collection of Spanish-American short stories for its mysterious tales of imagination and fantasy. By both wellestablished and young writers, the selections comprise parables, psychological narratives, and even detective stories.