“I'm not sure I exist, actually. It's all the writers I've read, all the people I've met, all the women I've loved; all the cities I have visited, all my ancestors. . . Maybe I would have liked to be my father, who wrote and had the decency not to publish. Nothing, nothing, my friend; what I told you: I'm not sure of anything, I don't know anything. . . Can you imagine that I don't even know the date of my death? ("Borges-Quotes")The work of Jorge Luis Borges has been the subject of much criticism and literary research. Scholars have spent lifetimes trying to pinpoint the meaning of his works. The fact that many of them use the above quote to do so sums up the Borges conundrum; the quote that will most likely be used to explain it cannot be authenticated. In seventy-four stories, over one hundred sonnets, and thousands of essays, reviews, lectures, literary introductions, and notes, the quote found in many quote collections and an abundance of articles about the author may not be his words at all. starting from this paradox that denies any theory on Borges' themes and intentions, the very fact that writers continue to cite this passage perfectly illustrates his thoughts on memory, identity and fatherhood. Memory is malleable and transferable. Memory is identity. Fatherhood is identity. Therefore, authorship is memory and is malleable and transferable. There is no definitive work by Borges that defines these themes. Even to apply them to his fictions, one must absorb them all. Borges's fictions are short, many up to three pages. One of these (eight pages) was the last story he wrote, Shakespeare's Memory. Published after his death in 1986, it touched...... middle of paper ......inberger. New York: Penguin Putnam, 1999. 463-472. Print.Paul M. Willenberg. “The Garden of Jorge Luis Borges.” Swarthmore University. Network. October 31, 2011. "The Eccentric Borges: Two UCL Analyses." University College London. Network. October 21, 2011.Richard Burgin. Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1969. 26-27. Print..Name of the editor, author, or compiler (if available). Site name. Version number. Name of the institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of creation of the resource (if available). Medium of publication. Access date. Surname, Name. "Title of essay." Title of the collection. Ed. Name(s) of publisher. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Input page range. Medium of publication: Whitman, Walt. “I sing the electric body.” Selected poems. New York: Dover, 1991. 12-19. Press.