Name: The Book of Imaginary Beings (in English)
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Author: Jorge Luis Borges
ISBN: 9780143039938

portada The Book of Imaginary Beings (in English)

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Physical Book

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Publisher

Year

2006

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.3 x 14.3 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.28 kg.

ISBN

0143039938

ISBN13

9780143039938

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Book of Imaginary Beings (in English)"

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.

Jorge Luis Borges

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Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (Buenos Aires, 24 de agosto de 1899 - Ginebra, 14 de junio de 1986) fue un escritor, poeta, ensayista y traductor argentino, extensamente considerado una figura clave tanto para la literatura en habla hispana como para la literatura universal.

Sus dos libros más conocidos, Ficciones y El Aleph, publicados en los años cuarenta, son recopilaciones de cuentos conectados por temas comunes como los sueños, los laberintos, las bibliotecas, los espejos, los autores ficticios y las mitologías europeas; sus argumentos exploran ideas filosóficas relacionadas, por ejemplo, con la memoria, la eternidad, la posmodernidad y la metaficción.

La obra de Borges ha contribuido ampliamente a la literatura filosófica, al género fantástico y al posestructuralismo, e influyó profundamente en el realismo mágico de la literatura latinoamericana durante el siglo XX.

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