This is the premier collection of Borges fiction and nonfiction that was published early in the US. You’re obviously served better by his collection fiction and his collected nonfiction, but as an  entry point this one is great. His nonfiction offers up a lot that his fiction doesn’t, namely who and what to read. His fiction obviously opens up a world of strange and curious stories, that are ofte not even narratives. Some various reactions: Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius – a long and meandering story […]