The Garden of Forking Paths (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Bloom, Harold, editor. Jorge Luis Borges, New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

  A collection of important critical essays, including the chapter-length essay, “Doubles and Counterparts: ‘The Garden of Forking Paths’” by Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan.

• Lindstrom, Naomi. Jorge Luis Borges: A Study of the Short Fiction, Boston: Twayne, 1990.

  Offers an introduction to Borges, as well as an interview, selected criticism, a chronology, and a bibliography.

• Sorrentino, Fernando. Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Clark M. Zlotchew, Troy, NY: The Whitson Publishing Company, 1982.

  A collection of seven interviews with Borges, considered to be among the best books of its kind. Includes a helpful appendix identifying personalities mentioned by Borges.

• Weissert, Thomas P. “Representation and Bifurcation: Borges’ Garden of Chaos Dynamics, “in Chaos and Order: Complex Dynamics in Literature and Science, edited by N, Katherine Hayles. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991, pp. 223-43.

  Provides an interesting account of chaos and bifurcation theory in lay terms. Weissert uses the theories to demonstrate Borges’ fundamental determinism and modernism, as opposed to chaotic postmodernism. A good choice for the advanced student interested in both literature and science.

• Woodall, James. The Man in the Mirror of the Book: A Life of Jorge Luis Borges, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996.

  An accessible biography of Borges. Includes photographs and bibliography as well as a listing of films based on Borges’ work.