{"product_id":"garden-forking-paths-jorge-luis-borges","title":"The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges","description":"\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":50515353141291,"sku":"ss-tgofp","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_660b07d4-e34c-4ad1-915a-824108d4a98e.jpg?v=1790539509","url":"https:\/\/conversationtreepress.com\/products\/garden-forking-paths-jorge-luis-borges","provider":"Conversation Tree Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}