The Book of Imaginary Beings
$19.90
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Jorge Luis Borges, master of metaphysical invention, in this playful bestiary of creatures real and unreal.
A dazzling catalogue of creatures drawn from the dreamworlds of myth, folklore, and imagination.
From ancient myths to obscure legends, a strange menagerie takes shape: creatures part real, part invented, drawn from cultures across the world. Each is described with care, as if it might exist just beyond the edge of belief. The Book o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529986372 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529986370 |
| Author: | Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires in 1899 and was educated in Europe. One of the most widely acclaimed writers of our time, he published many collections of poems, essays and short stories before his death in Geneva in 1986. He was director of the Argentine National Library from 1955 until 1973.
Mario Vargas Llosa, in a tribute to Borges, has written: ‘His is a world of clear, pure, and at the same time unusual ideas expressed in words of great directness and restraint. He was a superb storyteller. One reads most of Borges’ tales with the hypnotic interest usually reserved for reading detective fiction…’
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