Books like The Widow Ching Pirate [5 stories] by Jorge Luis Borges

Ernest Hemingway’s classic follows an old Cuban fisherman and his young companion as they battle a massive marlin, exploring themes of endurance, solitude, and the human struggle against nature.

Treasure Island is Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure about a boy’s coming‑of‑age journey on a ship, featuring the iconic Long John Silver and shaping modern notions of pirates, treasure maps and tropical island tales.

Labyrinths is Jorge Luis Borges’ celebrated volume of short stories and essays, containing classics such as “TLON, UQBAR, ORBIS TERTIUS,” “The Library of Babel,” and philosophical parables that explore language, reality, and fiction.

A collection of Borges’ short stories that frequently employ the labyrinth as a literary device, probing philosophical and everyday aspects of human life.

In 1665 Jamaica, Captain Charles Hunter courts danger to hijack a Spanish galleon laden with gold, sparking a perilous clash between ruthless pirates and imperial forces amid the island’s wild, lawless streets.

When British Admiral Rachel Russell suspects the rogue pirate Bastien of killing her fiancé, a fiery clash of swords and wills forces her to reconsider her hatred and confront the man she may not want to change.

Seventeen short stories about death.

"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" is a short story by the 20th-century Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentinian journal Sur, May 1940. The "postscript" dated 1947 is intended to be anachronistic, set seven years in the future. The first English-language translation of the story was published in 1961. Told in a first-person narrative, the story focuses on the author's discovery of the mysterious and possibly fictional country of Uqbar and its legend of Tlön, a mythical world whose inhabitants believe a form of subjective idealism, denying the reality of objects and nouns. Relatively long for Borges (approximately 5,600 words), the story is a work of speculative fiction. The story alludes to many leading intellectual figures both in Argentina and in the world at large, and takes up a number of themes more typical of a novel of ideas. Most of the ideas engaged are in the areas of metaphysics, language, epistemology, and literary criticism. ---------- Contained in: [70 años de narrativa argentina](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6710424) [Antología de la literatura fantástica](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16538128W) [Borges Esencial](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL444704W) [Ficciones](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL110971W) [His Obras completas: Historia universal de la infamia](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13575332W) [El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL444760W) [Labyrinths](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL110959W) [Obras Completas 1: 1923-1949](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL444855W) [Widow-Ching Pirate](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17484879W) [Zwei Labyrinthe Lesebuch](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19539693W)

Errol Flynn wrecks his yacht on a Jamaican island where teenage Ida Joseph, the daughter of the local Justice of the Peace, becomes determined to meet the famed swashbuckler. As Flynn seeks adventure and redemption, Ida finds herself drawn into a world of Hollywood glamour and island intrigue.

Biography of William Kidd, a 17th‑century New York sea captain who was hired to hunt pirates but ended up executed for piracy, detailing his career, voyages, and how Robert Culliford contributed to his downfall.

A historical romance that follows a woman living in the piratical age as she navigates love, loyalty, and danger.