CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Foreword vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. I Context
6. Perspectives 1
7. Family History, National History 8
8. Life and Literature 16
9. Metaphysics, the Cult of Courage 44
10. II Key Works
11. From Book Review to Fiction: ‘The Approach to Al-Mu’tasim’ 63
12. Fictions, Part I: The Garden of Forking Paths (1941) 71
13. Fictions Part II: Artifices (1944) 105
14. The Aleph (1949) 129
15. Suggestions for Further Reading 187
16. Bibliography 189
17. Index 193