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Book of Imaginary Beings

Name: Book of Imaginary Beings
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AvJorge Luis Borges

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Brief Encounters

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A dazzling catalogue of be creatures drawn from the dreamworlds of myth, folklore, and imaginationFrom 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

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-02
Mått:128 x 197 x 13 mm
Vikt:160 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brief Encounters
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Vintage Publishing
ISBN:9781529986372
Översättare:Andrew Hurley

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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...'