The Garden of Forking Paths Study Guide

The story opens with an unnamed narrator reading a statement by Dr. Yu Tsun, a Chinese national and a former professor of English, confessing that he is a German spy. He is recounting the events that led to his arrest, beginning with the discovery that his contact has been killed and the knowledge that he will be next. He must find a way to deliver a message to the Germans, the location of a British artillery park that must be destroyed. (read more)