The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
by Jorge Luis Borges | 
The Book of Imaginary Beings
by Jorge Luis Borges | 
The Garden of Forking Paths
by Jorge Luis Borges | 
The Aleph
by Jorge Luis Borges | 
The Mirror of Ink
by Jorge Luis Borges |
The Book of Sand
by Jorge Luis Borges | 
Last Tales
by Isak Dinesen | 
White People
by Allan Gurganus |
Brodie's Report
by Jorge Luis Borges |
Cronopios and Famas
by Julio Cortazar |
Platte River
by Rick Bass | 
What Was Mine
by Ann Beattie |
A Dove of the East
by Mark Helprin | 
Aliens of Affection
by Padgett Powell | 
Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard
by Isak Dinesen | 
Leaf Storm and Other Stories
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
by John Updike | 
Blow Up and Other Stories
by Julio Cortazar | 
The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by F. Scott Fitzgerald | 
The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway |
In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals his delight in re-creating (or making up) colorful stories from the Orient, the Islamic world, and the Wild West, as well as his horrified fascination with knife fights, political and personal betrayal, and bloodthirsty revenge. Spark-ling with the sheer exuberant pleasure of story-telling, this collection marked the emergence of an utterly distinctive literary voice.