The Book of Imaginary Beings

[Dave Monroe]

The Book of Imaginary Beings
		
Jorge Luis Borges - Author
Andrew Hurley - Translator
Peter Sis - Illustrator

A splendid new translation of Borges's famous bestiary - now
beautifully illustrated

The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges's whimsical compendium of more
than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through
history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy
literature ranges widely across the world's mythologies and
literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from
the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Kafka,
among others. Here readers will find the familiar and expected
dragons, centaurs, and unicorns, as well as the less familiar and
altogether unexpected Animals That Live in the Mirror, the Humbaba,
the Simurgh, and other undeniably curious beasts. Throughout, Borges's
cunning and humorous commentary is sheer delight.

Andrew Hurley's brilliant new translation is perfectly paired with
original drawings from award-winning illustrator Peter Sís. The result
is a wonderful gift book—an Alice Through the Looking Glass menagerie,
which should appeal not only to Borges aficionados but also to fantasy
fans of all stripes and ages.

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