{"product_id":"garden-forking-paths-jorge-luis-borges-uk-shipping","title":"The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges (UK Shipping)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn stock and shipping from England to European collectors. For collectors in Europe, outside the UK, please note that recent EU regulatory changes have caused our shipping provider to pause Royal Mail support. We can only offer UPS and FedEx shipping, based on availability, and these couriers’ rates are reflected in the shipping costs. It’s a bit of a mess, and we’re doing our best to sort through it. Thank you for your understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Garden of Forking Paths\u003cem\u003e is the ninth title in\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShort Stops\u003c\/strong\u003e, a series from Conversation Tree Press dedicated to bringing exceptional shorter works of fiction to life through beautifully bound, letterpress-printed, limited editions that begin shipping immediately upon announcement. See the full announcement \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/conversationtreepress.com\/pages\/garden-forking-paths-jorge-luis-borges\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/conversationtreepress.com\/pages\/we-can-remember-wholesale-philip-k-dick\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew have done more with the short story than Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. In pieces sometimes no more than a few pages long, he created labyrinths, infinite libraries, and entire imagined worlds. His stories remain among the most influential works of twentieth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1941 as the title story of \u003cem\u003eEl jardín de senderos que se bifurcan\u003c\/em\u003e and later collected in \u003cem\u003eFicciones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Forking Paths\u003c\/em\u003e is among Borges’s best-known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in England in 1916, during the First World War, it follows Yu Tsun, a Chinese spy working for Germany, who has a secret to deliver to Berlin and a pursuer close behind. Caring nothing for a “barbarous” Germany, he means to prove to a superior wary of his race that a man like him can strike a decisive blow for its armies. His flight leads him to a scholar’s house in the countryside, where he once more encounters a puzzle left behind by his own ancestor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a detective story, by Borges’s own account, but also a meditation on time, not as a single line, but as an infinite number of possibilities, all unfolding at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePablo Auladell’s artwork, rather than capturing specific scenes in sequence as our illustrations usually do, forms what he calls “a visual envelope for the story.” Glimpsed as though in a dream or through a mirror, his three drawings expand on this concept of non-linear time and serve as the perfect complement to Borges’s text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTony’s roots are in Guyana, so it’s a particular pleasure to publish a writer from closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Garden of Forking Paths \u003c\/em\u003eby Jorge Luis Borges is a limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies, letterpress printed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ascensiuspress.com\/\"\u003eAscensius Press\u003c\/a\u003e on mould-made watermarked Hahnemühle Biblio 150gsm paper. It features three pieces of artwork by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pabloauladell.com\/\"\u003ePablo Auladell\u003c\/a\u003e and the book is quarter-bound in book cloth and custom hand-marbled papers by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jemmamarbling.com\/\"\u003eJemma Lewis\u003c\/a\u003e. The endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll copies are signed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conversation Tree Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516277919787,"sku":"ss-tgofp-uk","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/9389\/7771\/files\/garden-forking-paths-borges-1_4d14774f-86af-4912-b2b5-852f50805e78.jpg?v=1790540455","url":"https:\/\/conversationtreepress.com\/products\/garden-forking-paths-jorge-luis-borges-uk-shipping","provider":"Conversation Tree Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}