Though celebrated in the English-speaking world for his poetry and fiction, Borges is equally revered in Latin American for his non-fiction. Now more than 150 of his most brilliant pieces, many of which have never appeared in English before, are brought together for the first time. Learned, lively and endlessly curious, this sparkling collection sees Borges move effortlessly between subjects as diverse as Schopenhaurer, angels, Hitchcock, Wilde, King Kong, Buddhism, Nazi propaganda and the History of the Tango, and includes his acclaimed essays on Dante.