The Book of Imaginary Beings

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

By: Jorge Luis Borges, Peter Sis (Illustrator), Andrew Hurley (Translator)

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Paperback | 26 September 2006

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256 Pages

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18+

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21.59 x 14.61 x 1.91

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In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sís with Jorge Luis Borges's 1957 compilation of 116 "strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination," from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this volume, The Book of Imaginary Beings will delight readers of classic fantasy as well as Borges's many admirers.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Of all the Latin American authors in this century, [Borges] is the most universal. (Harold Bloom)

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