The Book of Imaginary Beings

[David Payne]

Here's an on-line inllustrated version: http://borges.uiowa.edu/vakalo/zf/html/preface.html

> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:34:10 -0500> From: against.the.dave at gmail.com> To: pynchon-l at waste.org> Subject: The Book of Imaginary Beings> > 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.> > http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143039938,00.html> > http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780670891801,00.html> 
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