Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Images of Thought: Philosophical Interpretations of Carlos Estévez's Art and Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers, both also published by SUNY Press.

Stories
Plates
Preface

1. Introduction

I. Painted Stories

IDENTITY AND MEMORY
2. The Other
3. Funes, the Memorious
4. The South
5. The Interloper

FREEDOM AND DESTINY
6. The Garden of Forking Paths
7. The Circular Ruins
8. The House of Asterion
9. The Immortal

FAITH AND DIVINITY
10. The Rose of Paracelsus
11. The Writing of the God
12. The Secret Miracle
13. The Gospel According to Mark

II. Identity and Interpretation

14. Literature, Art, and Philosophy
15. Interpretation
16. Painting Borges
17. Limits of Interpretation

Notes
Bibliography
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
Index