The Garden of Forking Paths

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metafictional narrative short story work of fiction

"The Garden of Forking Paths" is a celebrated short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of labyrinths, time, and multiple realities through a metafictional mystery narrative.

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instanceOf metafictional narrative ⓘ
short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Dr. Stephen Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ts’ui Pên NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yu Tsun NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre metafiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasInterpretation allegory of nonlinear time ⓘ
metaphor for the structure of the universe ⓘ
reflection on narrative choices ⓘ
influenced hypertext fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
theory of branching timelines in fiction ⓘ
laterIncludedIn Ficciones NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
precursor to postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Yu Tsun NERFINISHED ⓘ
motif book within a book ⓘ
forking paths ⓘ
labyrinth ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
frame narrative ⓘ
notableFor early fictional treatment of multiple timelines ⓘ
labyrinthine narrative structure ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ficciones NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotElement coded message ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
murder ⓘ
publicationYear 1941 ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme determinism ⓘ
free will ⓘ
infinity ⓘ
interpretation ⓘ
labyrinths ⓘ
literary labyrinth ⓘ
multiple realities ⓘ
time ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Garden of Forking Paths (story)
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this entity surface form: The Garden of Forking Paths (section)
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subject surface form: Jorge Luis Borges