Book of Imaginary Beings
First edition
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| Author | Jorge Luis Borges with Margarita Guerrero |
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| Original title | Manual de zoología fantástica (later El libro de los seres imaginarios) |
| Translator | Norman Thomas di Giovanni (1969) and others |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Bestiary |
| Publisher | Fondo de Cultura Económica (1957); Dutton (1969) |
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Publication date
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1957, 1967 |
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Published in English
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June 1969 |
| Pages | 159 (1967); 256 (English) |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 45958 |
| 398.4/69 | |
| LC Class | GR825.B6; GR825.B613 |
Book of Imaginary Beings was written by Jorge Luis Borges with Margarita Guerrero and published in 1957 under the original Spanish title Manual de zoología fantástica. It was expanded in 1967 and 1969 in Spain to the final El libro de los seres imaginarios. The English edition, created in collaboration with translator Norman Thomas di Giovanni, contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
In the preface, Borges states that the book is to be read "as with all miscellanies... not... straight through... Rather we would like the reader to dip into the pages at random, just as one plays with the shifting patterns of a kaleidoscope"; and that "legends of men taking the shapes of animals" have been omitted.
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