The Book of Imaginary Beings

The Book of Imaginary Beings

Jorge Luis Borges

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1969

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El libro de los seres imaginarios, 1967, expansion of Manual de zoología fantástica, 1957, written with Margarita Guerrero.

Few readers will want, or be able, to resist this modern bestiary. Here are familiar beasts like gryphons, minotaurs and unicorns as well as the monkey of the inkpot! The text by Borges is a cunning and humorous commentary on these beasts.

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, and poet born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a…

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