Jorge Luis Borges\047 "Labyrinths" is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America\047s most influential and imaginative writers. This "Penguin Modern Classics" edition is edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an introduction by James E. Irby and a preface by Andre Maurois. Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including the celebrated "Library of Babel", whose infinite shelves contain every book that could ever exist, \047Funes the Memorious\047 the tale of a man fated never to forget a single detail of his life, and \047Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"\047, in which a French poet makes it his life\047s work to create an identical copy of "Don Quixote".