• See large image

  The Book of Imaginary Beings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions) (Paperback) By (author) Jorge Luis Borges, Illustrated by Peter Sis, Translated by Andrew Hurley, With Margarita Guerrero

  

  $14.45 - Save $2.55 (15%) - RRP $17.00 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
  all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

  Short Description for The Book of Imaginary BeingsIn a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends 20 illustrations by Sis with Borges' 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' "The Time Machine."
  Full description

  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Published: 26 September 2006
  • Format: Paperback 236 pages
  • See: Full bibliographic data
  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Folklore, Myths & Legends
  • ISBN 13: 9780143039938 ISBN 10: 0143039938
  • Sales rank: 86,209

• Fictions

  

  Add to basket $13.58 - Save $0.71 (4%) - RRP $14.29

• Collected Fictions

  

  Add to basket $19.72 -

• Ficciones

  

  Add to basket $11.59 - Save $8.86 43% off - RRP $20.45

• Historia Universal de la Infamia

  

  Add to basket $12.05 - Save $8.40 41% off - RRP $20.45

• The Aleph and Other Stories

  

  Add to basket $14.25 - Save $0.74 (4%) - RRP $14.99

Full description for The Book of Imaginary Beings

• In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sis 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.