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Synopsis
The book of imaginary beings is Borges's whimsical compendium of more than a hundred of "the strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." Imbued with Borges's characteristic wit and erudition, this unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world's mythologies and literatures to bring together in one delightful encyclopedia the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Pliny, Confucius, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and C. S. Lewis, among others. Here readers will find the familiar and expected Dragons and Centaurs, Unicorns and Gnomes, as well as the less familiar and altogether unexpected Animals That Live in the Mirror, The Elephant That Prefigured the Birth of Buddha, the Hairy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard, and other undeniably curious creatures. Throughout, Borges's cunning and humorous commentary is sheer delight.
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Review
Erudite and whimsical, a model handbook of fantastic zoology. (Michael Dirda, "The Washington Post")
Of all the Latin American authors in this century, [Borges] is the most universal. (Harold Bloom)
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The incomparable imagination of Jorge Luis Borges runs wild in this kaleidoscopic miscellany of fantastical creatures.
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Revised, enlarged and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author. An inventory of curious and fabulous creatures. Pp.172, pages tanned, owner's details to front free endpaer and final page. Paperback, wear to edges. G+. Seller Inventory # 52332
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