Introduction: History, Politics, and Literature in Borges
Menard and His Contemporaries: The Arms and Letters Debate
The "Labyrinth of Trenches without Any Plan" in "El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan"
Prague, March 1939: Recovering the Historicity of "El milagro secreto"
Cryptogram and Scripture: Losing Count in "La escritura del dios"
Going Native: Beyond Civilization and Savagery in "Historia del guerrero y de la cautiva"
On the Threshold of Otherness: British India in "El hombre en el umbral"
Behind Closed Doors: The Guayaquil Meeting and the Silences of History
Conclusion.