Borges called this work a "handbook of the strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination." Among the creatures featured in this modern bestiary is the "Mermecolion"—the mythical Ant-Lion of early European literature.

"This collection . . . made it clear that Borges was a world-class (if highly unclassifiable) artist—a brilliant, lyrical miniaturist, who could pose the great questions of existence on the head of pin." [James Marcus]

"Collected Fictions is the perfect one-volume compendium for all those who have long loved Borges, and the perfect introduction to the master's work for all those who have yet to discover him." [Amazon.com]

"First published in 1945, Borges's Ficciones compressed several centuries' worth of philosophy and poetry into 17 tiny, unclassifiable pieces of prose. He offered up diabolical tigers, imaginary encyclopedias, ontological detective stories, and scholarly commentaries on nonexistent books, and in the process exploded all previous notions of genre." [Amazon.com]

Borges called this work a "handbook of the strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination." Among the creatures featured in this modern bestiary is the "Mermecolion"—the mythical Ant-Lion of early European literature.