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A dazzling catalogue of be 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 of Imaginary Beings is Jorge Luis Borges's playful, erudite bestiary of the fantastic. Curious and endlessly inventive, it explores the power of imagination to create entire worlds.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.
** The perfect stocking filler for short fiction readers**
A dazzling catalogue of be 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 of Imaginary Beings is Jorge Luis Borges's playful, erudite bestiary of the fantastic. Curious and endlessly inventive, it explores the power of imagination to create entire worlds.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.
** The perfect stocking filler for short fiction readers**
Jorge Luis Borges (Author)
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...'
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: |
Vintage Classics
Brief Encounters |
| Inhalt: | 170 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781529986372 |
| ISBN-10: | 1529986370 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Originalsprache: | Spanisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Borges, Jorge Luis |
| Übersetzung: | Hurley, Andrew |
| Hersteller: | Random House UK Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 197 x 130 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.07.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,154 kg |
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