The Book of Imaginary Beings, Paperback
Descriere
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. 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.
Despre autor
Jorge Luis Borges a fost unul dintre cei mai importanți scriitori ai secolului al XX-lea. Romancier, poet, eseist argentinian, este faimos pentru povestirile sale fantastice, în care a unit cu măiestrie idei filozofice și metafizice cu temele clasice ale fantasticului . Adjectivul "borgezian" definește concepția despre viață ca poveste ("fiction"), ca minciună, ca operă contrafăcută, dată drept adevărată.
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