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袣薪懈谐邪 胁懈谐邪写邪薪懈褏 褨褋褌芯褌
芦袣薪懈谐邪 胁懈谐邪写邪薪懈褏 褨褋褌芯褌禄 啸芯褉褏械 袥褍褩褋邪 袘芯褉褏械褋邪 褌邪 泄芯谐芯 褋锌褨胁邪胁褌芯褉泻懈 袦邪褉谐邪褉懈褌懈 袚械褉褉械褉芯 鈥� 褑械 胁懈褕褍泻邪薪械 锌谢械褌懈胁芯 锌褉邪胁写懈 泄 胁懈谐邪写芯泻, 谢械谐械薪写 褨 褎邪薪褌邪蟹褨泄, 褑懈褌邪褌 褨 褎邪泻褌褨胁, 锌褉邪胁写懈胁褨褋褌褜 褟泻懈褏 谐芯写褨 蟹鈥櫻徰佈冃残把傂�. 袗写卸械 褉械邪谢褜薪褨褋褌褜 蟹邪 袘芯褉褏械褋芯屑 鈥� 褑械 褌械, 褖芯 屑懈 锌芯谐芯写卸褍褦屑芯褋褟 薪械褞 胁胁邪卸邪褌懈. 啸褍写芯卸薪褨泄 褌胁褨褉, 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈泄 褍 褎芯褉屑褨 械薪褑懈泻谢芯锌械写褨褩, 褍卸械 锌芯薪邪写 锌褨胁褋褌芯谢褨褌褌褟 蟹邪褏芯锌谢褞褦, 褨薪褌褉懈谐褍褦 褌邪 褋锌芯薪褍泻邪褦 写芯 褉芯蟹写褍屑褨胁 褕邪薪褍胁邪谢褜薪懈泻褨胁 屑褨褋褌懈褎褨泻邪褑褨泄. 袗 褌械锌械褉 褑械泄 褋胁褨褌 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈褔薪懈褏 褋褌胁芯褉褨薪褜 胁褌褨谢懈胁褋褟 泄 褍泻褉邪褩薪褋褜泻芯褞.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published March 30, 1957
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Jorge Luis Borges
1,900听books13.7k听followersJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl.鈥塅ictions) and El Aleph (transl.鈥塗he Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Coll猫ge de Gen猫ve. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
Born in Buenos Aires, Borges later moved with his family to Switzerland in 1914, where he studied at the Coll猫ge de Gen猫ve. The family travelled widely in Europe, including Spain. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in surrealist literary journals. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library and professor of English Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He became completely blind by the age of 55. Scholars have suggested that his progressive blindness helped him to create innovative literary symbols through imagination. By the 1960s, his work was translated and published widely in the United States and Europe. Borges himself was fluent in several languages.
In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first Formentor Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. In 1971, he won the Jerusalem Prize. His international reputation was consolidated in the 1960s, aided by the growing number of English translations, the Latin American Boom, and by the success of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. He dedicated his final work, The Conspirators, to the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Writer and essayist J.M. Coetzee said of him: "He, more than anyone, renovated the language of fiction and thus opened the way to a remarkable generation of Spanish-American novelists."
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鈥嶮anual De Zoolog铆a Fant谩stica = The Book of Imaginary Beings, Jorge Luis Borges
Book of Imaginary Beings was written by Jorge Luis Borges, with Margarita Guerrero, and published in 1957, under the original Spanish title Manual de zoolog铆a fant谩stica.
Contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world's mythologies and literature's to bring together in one delightful encyclopedia the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Pliny, Confucius, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and C.S. Lewis, among others.
The readers will find the familiar and expected Dragons and Centaurs, Unicorns and Gnomes, as well as the less familiar and altogether unexpected Animals That Live in the Mirror, The Elephant That Prefigured the Birth of Buddha, the Hairy Beast of La Fert茅-Bernard, and other undeniably curious creatures. Throughout, Borges's cunning and humorous commentary is sheer delight.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 14/11/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 02/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Book of Imaginary Beings was written by Jorge Luis Borges, with Margarita Guerrero, and published in 1957, under the original Spanish title Manual de zoolog铆a fant谩stica.
Contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world's mythologies and literature's to bring together in one delightful encyclopedia the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Pliny, Confucius, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and C.S. Lewis, among others.
The readers will find the familiar and expected Dragons and Centaurs, Unicorns and Gnomes, as well as the less familiar and altogether unexpected Animals That Live in the Mirror, The Elephant That Prefigured the Birth of Buddha, the Hairy Beast of La Fert茅-Bernard, and other undeniably curious creatures. Throughout, Borges's cunning and humorous commentary is sheer delight.
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August 31, 2024
#bibliotecaafectiva
Borges a cules din surse foarte diferite 120 de fiin葲e imaginare - at卯tea num膬r膬 colec葲ia final膬. La cea dint卯i versiune (1957) a bestiarului a fost ajutat de Margarita Guerrero, o dansatoare cu fantezii ocultiste. Borges orbise complet 葯i avea nevoie de bun膬voin葲a prietenilor, pentru a completa bibliografia.
Autorul principal nu a controlat doar enciclopediile din Antichitate (Ovidiu, Pliniu, Seneca etc.) 葯i bestiarele medievale, a folosit 葯i scrieri relativ recente. Astfel, a identificat creaturi fantastice 卯n operele lui Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells. Cele mai cunoscute creaturi s卯nt, desigur, humbaba (din Epopeea lui Ghilgame葯), minotaurul, Sfinxul, pas膬rea Phoenix, unicornul, dragonii (卯n versiune chinez膬 sau occidental膬, dragonii din Romanele Mesei Rotunde, s膬 zicem), Golemul (ilustrat 葯i de Gustav Meyrink 卯ntr-un roman celebru). S膬 nu uit, exist膬 葯i un Phoenix chinezesc. Borges semnaleaz膬 sursa mitologic膬 a fiec膬rei entit膬葲i 葯i apoi 卯i dezv膬luie evolu葲ia istoric膬 de la un autor la altul. 脦n Cartea fiin葲elor imaginare, g膬sim 葯i f膬pturile care au b卯ntuit imagina葲ia modern膬: elfi, gnomi, z卯ne, satiri, nimfe. Pe mine m-a obsedat dintotdeauna 鈥瀎auna din oglinzi鈥�...
Putem citi 葯i descrieri oarecum surprinz膬toare. M膬 g卯ndesc la panter膬 葯i pelican (dar a葯 putea ad膬uga 葯i lynx-ul), fiin葲e care au primit atribute bizare 卯n scrierile din Evul Mediu. Pantera, de pild膬, are o voce bl卯nd膬 葯i un miros 卯mbietor (葯tim asta 葯i de la Dante).
Borges se m膬rgine葯te s膬 rescrie textele vechi 葯i nu inventeaz膬 fiin葲e 鈥瀙ersonale鈥�. O astfel de carte, precizeaz膬 autorii, cere o lectur膬 pe s膬rite. Cititorul are dreptul de a ignora fiin葲ele care nu-i plac. Sau pe cele care-l bag膬 卯n sperie葲i...
Fiin葲ele imaginare au nume pe m膬sur膬. C卯teva exemple:
P. S. C卯nd a descris c膬l膬toria lui Baudolino 卯n 葰ara preotului Ioan, Umberto Eco a aruncat, cu siguran葲膬, m膬car o privire 葯i 卯n antologia lui Jorge Luis Borges.
(8 aprilie 2022, vineri)
Borges a cules din surse foarte diferite 120 de fiin葲e imaginare - at卯tea num膬r膬 colec葲ia final膬. La cea dint卯i versiune (1957) a bestiarului a fost ajutat de Margarita Guerrero, o dansatoare cu fantezii ocultiste. Borges orbise complet 葯i avea nevoie de bun膬voin葲a prietenilor, pentru a completa bibliografia.
Autorul principal nu a controlat doar enciclopediile din Antichitate (Ovidiu, Pliniu, Seneca etc.) 葯i bestiarele medievale, a folosit 葯i scrieri relativ recente. Astfel, a identificat creaturi fantastice 卯n operele lui Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, C. S. Lewis, H. G. Wells. Cele mai cunoscute creaturi s卯nt, desigur, humbaba (din Epopeea lui Ghilgame葯), minotaurul, Sfinxul, pas膬rea Phoenix, unicornul, dragonii (卯n versiune chinez膬 sau occidental膬, dragonii din Romanele Mesei Rotunde, s膬 zicem), Golemul (ilustrat 葯i de Gustav Meyrink 卯ntr-un roman celebru). S膬 nu uit, exist膬 葯i un Phoenix chinezesc. Borges semnaleaz膬 sursa mitologic膬 a fiec膬rei entit膬葲i 葯i apoi 卯i dezv膬luie evolu葲ia istoric膬 de la un autor la altul. 脦n Cartea fiin葲elor imaginare, g膬sim 葯i f膬pturile care au b卯ntuit imagina葲ia modern膬: elfi, gnomi, z卯ne, satiri, nimfe. Pe mine m-a obsedat dintotdeauna 鈥瀎auna din oglinzi鈥�...
Putem citi 葯i descrieri oarecum surprinz膬toare. M膬 g卯ndesc la panter膬 葯i pelican (dar a葯 putea ad膬uga 葯i lynx-ul), fiin葲e care au primit atribute bizare 卯n scrierile din Evul Mediu. Pantera, de pild膬, are o voce bl卯nd膬 葯i un miros 卯mbietor (葯tim asta 葯i de la Dante).
Borges se m膬rgine葯te s膬 rescrie textele vechi 葯i nu inventeaz膬 fiin葲e 鈥瀙ersonale鈥�. O astfel de carte, precizeaz膬 autorii, cere o lectur膬 pe s膬rite. Cititorul are dreptul de a ignora fiin葲ele care nu-i plac. Sau pe cele care-l bag膬 卯n sperie葲i...
Fiin葲ele imaginare au nume pe m膬sur膬. C卯teva exemple:
- A Bao A Qu
- Bahamut
- Burak
- Fastitocalon
- Ichthyocentaur
- Kujata
- Simurgh
- Youwarkee
- Zaratan
P. S. C卯nd a descris c膬l膬toria lui Baudolino 卯n 葰ara preotului Ioan, Umberto Eco a aruncat, cu siguran葲膬, m膬car o privire 葯i 卯n antologia lui Jorge Luis Borges.
(8 aprilie 2022, vineri)
November 25, 2016
A fascinating compendium of incredible beasts from world mythology, folklore and fiction. The entries are generally from one to three pages in length. There are illustrations, too, by one Peter S铆s; stylish intaglio etchings. The format is that of an encyclopedia with the entries in alphabetical order. My favorite entries include the "Banshees," "The Celestial Cock," "The Chinese Dragon," "The Western Dragon," "The Hydra," "Lilith," "The Golem," "The Unicorn," "The Chinese Unicorn," etc. etc.
This is a wonderful testment to the extraordinary breadth of Borges's reading, for which he was famous, as well his exquisite use of that hoary utility, the research library. You may recall that Borges was rewarded by the subsequent Aramburu r茅gime with the directorship of the National Library in Buenos Aires for his public stance against Peron. I think his named collaborator here, Margarita Guerrero, was a researcher at that institution.
Borges pores through the entire history of the written word from onward to collect his examples. There's a passage from Robert Grave's translation of the to illustrate the entry of the "Basilisk." We also find ourselves dipping into the , the Old and New Testaments, Burton's , the , the other Burton's translation of , Thomas Brown's , as well as works by , , , , , , , , , , and any number of Chinese and Indian and Arab writers.
One note of caution. I went into this with my usual raging thirst for Borgesian narrative. The book in fact provides very little of that. What it offers in excess is a fascinating peek at Borges's astonishing erudition. Highly recommended.
This is a wonderful testment to the extraordinary breadth of Borges's reading, for which he was famous, as well his exquisite use of that hoary utility, the research library. You may recall that Borges was rewarded by the subsequent Aramburu r茅gime with the directorship of the National Library in Buenos Aires for his public stance against Peron. I think his named collaborator here, Margarita Guerrero, was a researcher at that institution.
Borges pores through the entire history of the written word from onward to collect his examples. There's a passage from Robert Grave's translation of the to illustrate the entry of the "Basilisk." We also find ourselves dipping into the , the Old and New Testaments, Burton's , the , the other Burton's translation of , Thomas Brown's , as well as works by , , , , , , , , , , and any number of Chinese and Indian and Arab writers.
One note of caution. I went into this with my usual raging thirst for Borgesian narrative. The book in fact provides very little of that. What it offers in excess is a fascinating peek at Borges's astonishing erudition. Highly recommended.
October 11, 2017
趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 亘賵丿. 趩賯丿乇 禺爻鬲诏蹖 丿乇 讴賳 亘賵丿貙 亘蹖賳 爻丕毓鬲 賴丕蹖 丿乇爻 禺賵賳丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 丕賲鬲丨丕賳!
讴鬲丕亘 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 禺蹖丕賱蹖貙 丕夭 禺賵乇禺賴 賱賵蹖蹖爻 亘賵乇禺爻貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 亘夭乇诏 丌乇跇丕賳鬲蹖賳蹖貙 讴賴 丕夭 亘夭乇诏 鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 爻亘讴 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖賴
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖賴 丿丕卅乇丞 丕賱賲毓丕乇賮賴 丕夭 噩丕賳賵乇丕賳 禺蹖丕賱蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 賲賱賱 賲禺鬲賱賮 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賳 (丕夭 趩蹖賳 鬲丕 丕蹖乇丕賳 賵 蹖賵賳丕賳 賵 丕爻讴丕賳丿蹖賳丕賵蹖). 亘賵乇禺爻 賴賲踿 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丕賮爻丕賳賴 丕蹖 乇賵 噩賲毓 賳讴乇丿賴貙 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 氐賵乇鬲 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 趩賳丿蹖賳 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿貙 亘賱讴賴 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 爻賱蹖賯踿 禺賵丿卮貙 诏夭蹖丿賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 乇賵 噩賲毓 丌賵乇蹖 讴乇丿賴貙 卮丕蹖丿 丕賵賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 禺賵丿卮 睾乇蹖亘 鬲乇 亘賵丿賴 賳.
賲鬲乇噩賲 鬲賵蹖 賲賯丿賲賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 卮蹖賵踿 亘賵乇禺爻 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 卮貙 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 賲胤丕賱亘蹖 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 賲蹖 爻丕夭賴 賵 丕乇噩丕毓 賲蹖丿賴 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賵噩賵丿 禺丕乇噩蹖 賳丿丕乇賳. 賵 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲賲讴賳賴 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 蹖丕 鬲賵氐蹖賮 禺丕氐 亘賵乇禺爻 丕夭 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲貙 夭丕蹖蹖丿踿 鬲禺蹖賱 禺賵丿卮 亘丕卮賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 丕乇噩丕毓 丿丕丿賴貙 賴賲趩蹖賳 賲胤賱亘蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕賸 賵噩賵丿 禺丕乇噩蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳.
丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴貙 賲丕 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘蹖 賲賵丕噩賴蹖賲 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕丿 亘乇丕賲賵賳 鬲禺蹖賱 賴丕 (丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕) 乇賵 亘丕夭诏賵 讴賳賴貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 亘丕夭诏賵 讴乇丿賳 鬲禺蹖賱 賴丕 賴賲 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 亘賴 鬲禺蹖賱賴 賵 賲丨賯賯丕賳賴 賳蹖爻鬲. 蹖毓賳蹖 蹖賴 丕孬乇 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 丿乇 鬲禺蹖賱蹖.
賵 趩蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭鬲乇責
讴鬲丕亘 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 禺蹖丕賱蹖貙 丕夭 禺賵乇禺賴 賱賵蹖蹖爻 亘賵乇禺爻貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 亘夭乇诏 丌乇跇丕賳鬲蹖賳蹖貙 讴賴 丕夭 亘夭乇诏 鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 爻亘讴 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖賴
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖賴 丿丕卅乇丞 丕賱賲毓丕乇賮賴 丕夭 噩丕賳賵乇丕賳 禺蹖丕賱蹖 丕蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 賲賱賱 賲禺鬲賱賮 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賳 (丕夭 趩蹖賳 鬲丕 丕蹖乇丕賳 賵 蹖賵賳丕賳 賵 丕爻讴丕賳丿蹖賳丕賵蹖). 亘賵乇禺爻 賴賲踿 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丕賮爻丕賳賴 丕蹖 乇賵 噩賲毓 賳讴乇丿賴貙 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 氐賵乇鬲 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 趩賳丿蹖賳 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿貙 亘賱讴賴 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 爻賱蹖賯踿 禺賵丿卮貙 诏夭蹖丿賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 乇賵 噩賲毓 丌賵乇蹖 讴乇丿賴貙 卮丕蹖丿 丕賵賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 禺賵丿卮 睾乇蹖亘 鬲乇 亘賵丿賴 賳.
賲鬲乇噩賲 鬲賵蹖 賲賯丿賲賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 卮蹖賵踿 亘賵乇禺爻 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 卮貙 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 賲胤丕賱亘蹖 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 賲蹖 爻丕夭賴 賵 丕乇噩丕毓 賲蹖丿賴 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賵噩賵丿 禺丕乇噩蹖 賳丿丕乇賳. 賵 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲賲讴賳賴 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 蹖丕 鬲賵氐蹖賮 禺丕氐 亘賵乇禺爻 丕夭 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲貙 夭丕蹖蹖丿踿 鬲禺蹖賱 禺賵丿卮 亘丕卮賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴卮 丕乇噩丕毓 丿丕丿賴貙 賴賲趩蹖賳 賲胤賱亘蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕賸 賵噩賵丿 禺丕乇噩蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳.
丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴貙 賲丕 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘蹖 賲賵丕噩賴蹖賲 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕丿 亘乇丕賲賵賳 鬲禺蹖賱 賴丕 (丕賮爻丕賳賴 賴丕) 乇賵 亘丕夭诏賵 讴賳賴貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 亘丕夭诏賵 讴乇丿賳 鬲禺蹖賱 賴丕 賴賲 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 亘賴 鬲禺蹖賱賴 賵 賲丨賯賯丕賳賴 賳蹖爻鬲. 蹖毓賳蹖 蹖賴 丕孬乇 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 丿乇 鬲禺蹖賱蹖.
賵 趩蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴蹖噩丕賳 丕賳诏蹖夭鬲乇責
August 29, 2024
An inexhaustible source of inspiration. Poetic and encyclopedic. I think it is handy for anyone interested in folklore and legends worldwide.
April 7, 2020
Though this is yet another one of those books made superfluous by the internet (seriously - if you want to know the specifics of a manticore, would you use google or look it up in a book?), it's a lovely and intriguing little volume to use for perusing, AND, as a reference. Borges provides alphabetical descriptions of both biblical beasts, and mythological monsters, with a few literary creatures dumped in, as well.
Most interesting to me was the tale of The Squonk. Though I've lived in Pennsylvania all my life, his account is the first I've heard of the wart-covered, unhappy critter that is rumored to stalk the hemlock forests of my state. This character can literally dissolve into tears:
Mr. J.P. Wentling . . . had a disappointing experience with a Squonk near Mont Alto. He made a clever capture by mimicking the Squonk and inducing it to hop into a sack, in which he was carrying it home, when suddenly the burden lightened and the weeping ceased. Wentling unslung the sack and looked in. There was nothing but tears and bubbles.
Part of me wants to argue that if someone has claimed to have photographed, and/or captured a beast, it is not an imaginary being, but instead, a cryptid . . . but that would be splitting hairs.
This version includes not nearly enough illustrations by the wonderful .
Most interesting to me was the tale of The Squonk. Though I've lived in Pennsylvania all my life, his account is the first I've heard of the wart-covered, unhappy critter that is rumored to stalk the hemlock forests of my state. This character can literally dissolve into tears:
Mr. J.P. Wentling . . . had a disappointing experience with a Squonk near Mont Alto. He made a clever capture by mimicking the Squonk and inducing it to hop into a sack, in which he was carrying it home, when suddenly the burden lightened and the weeping ceased. Wentling unslung the sack and looked in. There was nothing but tears and bubbles.
Part of me wants to argue that if someone has claimed to have photographed, and/or captured a beast, it is not an imaginary being, but instead, a cryptid . . . but that would be splitting hairs.
This version includes not nearly enough illustrations by the wonderful .
April 3, 2022
Otra prueba inequ铆voca del poder erudito y sabidur铆a eterna que pose铆a Jorge Luis Borges.
Un completo y detallado 鈥淏estiario鈥�, en el que el Maestro enumera la gran cantidad de seres mitol贸gicos y fant谩sticos que pueblan las religiones, las tradiciones y la literatura oriental y occidental. Todas las mitolog铆as (griega, latina, escandinava, china, japonesa, americana, hind煤, eslava, anglosajona e ind铆gena) aportan sus propios seres imaginarios a este vol煤men.
En lo referente a la literatura, hay casos claros y ejemplificadores que pasan por la vasta imaginaci贸n y los pasajes m谩s on铆ricos surgidos de la pluma de autores como Franz Kafka, Dante Alighieri, Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe y C.S. Lewis, por nombrar algunos.
Los seres que m谩s rescato durante la lectura de este fant谩stico libro son la Hidra de Lerna, la Salamandra, el Grifo, la Quimera, las Arp铆as, Escila, los S谩tiros, el Unicornio, los distintos tipos de Dragones, las Valquirias, las Ninfas, el Minotauro, Lilith, el Golem, la Mandr谩gora, el Kraken, el Gato de Cheshire, el Ave F茅nix, el Cancerbero, el Behemot, el Bas铆lico, el Ave F茅nix, el Centauro, las Hadas y los Gnomos, entre otros.
S铆, damas y caballeros: Borges recopil贸 todo este bestiario mucho antes de que hordas de j贸venes lectores descubrieran nuevos seres imaginarios creados por notables autores como J.R.R. Tolkien o George R.R. Martin.
Un completo y detallado 鈥淏estiario鈥�, en el que el Maestro enumera la gran cantidad de seres mitol贸gicos y fant谩sticos que pueblan las religiones, las tradiciones y la literatura oriental y occidental. Todas las mitolog铆as (griega, latina, escandinava, china, japonesa, americana, hind煤, eslava, anglosajona e ind铆gena) aportan sus propios seres imaginarios a este vol煤men.
En lo referente a la literatura, hay casos claros y ejemplificadores que pasan por la vasta imaginaci贸n y los pasajes m谩s on铆ricos surgidos de la pluma de autores como Franz Kafka, Dante Alighieri, Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe y C.S. Lewis, por nombrar algunos.
Los seres que m谩s rescato durante la lectura de este fant谩stico libro son la Hidra de Lerna, la Salamandra, el Grifo, la Quimera, las Arp铆as, Escila, los S谩tiros, el Unicornio, los distintos tipos de Dragones, las Valquirias, las Ninfas, el Minotauro, Lilith, el Golem, la Mandr谩gora, el Kraken, el Gato de Cheshire, el Ave F茅nix, el Cancerbero, el Behemot, el Bas铆lico, el Ave F茅nix, el Centauro, las Hadas y los Gnomos, entre otros.
S铆, damas y caballeros: Borges recopil贸 todo este bestiario mucho antes de que hordas de j贸venes lectores descubrieran nuevos seres imaginarios creados por notables autores como J.R.R. Tolkien o George R.R. Martin.
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賮廿匕 亘賷 兀丨氐賱 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘賷賳 賲毓丕賸
賲賱賷賵賳 卮賰乇 賱丕 鬲賰賮賷 賱賲賳 賯丕賲 亘乇賮毓賴
賱賱賲賴賵賵爻賷賳 兀賲孬丕賱賷 亘 亘賵乇禺爻
賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賲禺賱賵賯丕鬲 丕賱賵賴賲賷丞 賱亘賵乇禺爻 賷賱賷賴 賮賷 丨囟乇丞 亘賵乇禺爻 賱兀賱亘乇鬲賵 賲丕賳睾賵賷賱
賮廿匕 亘賷 兀丨氐賱 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘賷賳 賲毓丕賸
賲賱賷賵賳 卮賰乇 賱丕 鬲賰賮賷 賱賲賳 賯丕賲 亘乇賮毓賴
賱賱賲賴賵賵爻賷賳 兀賲孬丕賱賷 亘 亘賵乇禺爻
賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賲禺賱賵賯丕鬲 丕賱賵賴賲賷丞 賱亘賵乇禺爻 賷賱賷賴 賮賷 丨囟乇丞 亘賵乇禺爻 賱兀賱亘乇鬲賵 賲丕賳睾賵賷賱
February 22, 2017
Here's the 1970 E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover I have (3rd printing, 256 pages), which isn't listed here on 欧宝娱乐. I see others have their copies tagged as "illustrated," though mine's not, unfortunately.
Full review to come.
3.5 Stars.
February 12, 2023
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鈥� 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 乇蹖卮賴 丕爻讴丕賳丿蹖賳丕賵蹖 丿丕乇賳丿.丿乇 賲賵乇丿 卮讴賱鈥� 丌賳鈥屬囏� 趩蹖夭 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗃屬� 噩夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴賵趩讴 賵 賲賳丨賵爻鈥屫з嗀�.丌賳鈥屬囏� 乇賲賴鈥屬囏� 賵 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫藏嗀� 賵 丕夭 卮蹖胤賳鬲鈥屬囏й� 讴賵趩讴 賱匕鬲鈥屬呟屫ㄘ辟嗀�.丿乇 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳 賵丕跇賴 elf lock 亘賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 賲賵蹖 跇賵賱蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲 夭蹖乇丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 跇賵賱蹖丿賳 賲賵 讴丕乇 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏ж池�.亘乇 丕爻丕爻 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 胤賱爻賲鈥屬囏й� 賲乇丿賲 丕賳诏賱賵爻丕讴爻賵賳貙讴賴 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗃屬� 亘賴 丿賵乇丕賳 亘鬲 倬乇爻鬲蹖貙亘丕夭 賲蹖鈥屭必屫й屬� 毓丕丿鬲 卮蹖胤丕賳蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 丕夭 賮丕氐賱賴贁 丿賵乇 賳蹖夭賴 賴丕蹖 丌賴賳蹖 讴賵趩讴 倬乇鬲丕亘 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 亘蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲毓賱賵賲 亘丕卮賳丿 亘乇 倬賵爻鬲 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 賵 賮賯胤 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 乇蹖卮賴贁 倬賵爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 丕賳爻丕賳 賳丕诏賴丕賳 丕丨爻丕爻 禺丕乇卮 丿乇丿賳丕讴蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕丿丕蹖 賲鬲兀禺乇 Younger Edda 賲蹖丕賳 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 爻賮蹖丿 賵 爻蹖丕賴 趩賳蹖賳 鬲賲丕蹖夭 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�:讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 乇賵卮賳 爻賮蹖丿鈥屫� 丕夭 賳賵乇 禺賵乇卮蹖丿賳丿貙讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賴丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖讴 爻蹖丕賴鈥屫� 丕夭 賯蹖乇.丿乇 夭亘丕賳 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 亘乇丕蹖 讴丕亘賵爻 賵丕跇賴贁 Alp 乇丕 亘賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 讴賴 乇蹖卮賴 丌賳 亘賴 elf 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必� 讴賴 賲毓賳丕蹖卮 讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賵 噩賳 丕爻鬲.丕夭 丌賳噩丕 讴賴 丿乇 賯乇賵賳 賵爻胤丕 毓賲賵賲丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賵丕亘 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 爻蹖丕賴 乇賵蹖 爻蹖賳賴 賮乇丿 禺賵丕亘 亘蹖賳 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀� 賵 爻賳诏蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 丕蹖賳 賵丕跇賴 賲毓丕丿賱 讴丕亘賵爻 卮丿.
讴丕賲賱丕 亘丕賴丕鬲 賲賵丕賮賯賲 丌賯丕蹖 亘賵乇禺爻:)))))))))))
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鈥� 胤亘賯 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 賲乇丿賲 丿賳蹖丕蹖 亘丕爻鬲丕賳貙丕蹖賳 賯賵賲 讴賵鬲丕賴 賯丿貙讴賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴贁 賯丿 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 卮氐鬲 賵 賴卮鬲 爻丕賳鬲蹖鈥屬呚� 賲蹖鈥屫必驰屫屫� 讴賵賴爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賲賳鬲賴蹖 丕賱蹖賴 爻乇丨丿丕鬲 賴賳丿 賵 丕鬲蹖賵倬蹖 賲蹖鈥屫槽屫池嗀�.倬賱蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池� 丌賳鈥屬囏� 丌賱賵賳讴鈥屬囏й� 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 诏賱 賲禺賱賵胤 亘丕 倬乇 賵 鬲禺賲 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫池ж嗀�.丕乇爻胤賵 賲睾丕讴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖乇夭賲蹖賳蹖 乇丕 夭蹖爻鬲诏丕賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀池�.讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇賵 讴乇丿賳 诏賳丿賲 丕夭 鬲亘乇 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀�.丕賳诏丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池嗀� 丿乇禺鬲鈥屬囏й� 噩賳诏賱 乇丕 賯胤毓 讴賳賳丿.賴乇爻丕賱賴 丿爻鬲賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 丿乇賳丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丕爻鬲倬 賴丕蹖 乇賵爻蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屫槽屫池嗀� 亘賴 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 丨賲賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀�.讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賴丕 亘賴 鬲賱丕賮蹖 丕蹖賳 丨賲賱賴貙爻賵丕乇 亘乇 亘夭 賵 賯賵趩 亘賴 丌卮蹖丕賳賴贁 丿卮賲賳丕賳 禺賵丿 丨賲賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 賵 鬲禺賲鈥屬囏� 賵 賱丕賳賴鈥屬囏й� 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 禺乇丕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀�.丕蹖賳 毓賲賱蹖丕鬲 噩賳诏蹖 爻賴 賲丕賴 丕夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴 賲丕賴 爻丕賱 讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲卮睾賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�.
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鈥� 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 乇蹖卮賴 丕爻讴丕賳丿蹖賳丕賵蹖 丿丕乇賳丿.丿乇 賲賵乇丿 卮讴賱鈥� 丌賳鈥屬囏� 趩蹖夭 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗃屬� 噩夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴賵趩讴 賵 賲賳丨賵爻鈥屫з嗀�.丌賳鈥屬囏� 乇賲賴鈥屬囏� 賵 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫藏嗀� 賵 丕夭 卮蹖胤賳鬲鈥屬囏й� 讴賵趩讴 賱匕鬲鈥屬呟屫ㄘ辟嗀�.丿乇 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳 賵丕跇賴 elf lock 亘賴 賲毓賳丕蹖 賲賵蹖 跇賵賱蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲 夭蹖乇丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 跇賵賱蹖丿賳 賲賵 讴丕乇 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏ж池�.亘乇 丕爻丕爻 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 胤賱爻賲鈥屬囏й� 賲乇丿賲 丕賳诏賱賵爻丕讴爻賵賳貙讴賴 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗃屬� 亘賴 丿賵乇丕賳 亘鬲 倬乇爻鬲蹖貙亘丕夭 賲蹖鈥屭必屫й屬� 毓丕丿鬲 卮蹖胤丕賳蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 丕夭 賮丕氐賱賴贁 丿賵乇 賳蹖夭賴 賴丕蹖 丌賴賳蹖 讴賵趩讴 倬乇鬲丕亘 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 亘蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲毓賱賵賲 亘丕卮賳丿 亘乇 倬賵爻鬲 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 賵 賮賯胤 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 乇蹖卮賴贁 倬賵爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫必迟嗀� 丕賳爻丕賳 賳丕诏賴丕賳 丕丨爻丕爻 禺丕乇卮 丿乇丿賳丕讴蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕丿丕蹖 賲鬲兀禺乇 Younger Edda 賲蹖丕賳 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 爻賮蹖丿 賵 爻蹖丕賴 趩賳蹖賳 鬲賲丕蹖夭 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж必�:讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 乇賵卮賳 爻賮蹖丿鈥屫� 丕夭 賳賵乇 禺賵乇卮蹖丿賳丿貙讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賴丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖讴 爻蹖丕賴鈥屫� 丕夭 賯蹖乇.丿乇 夭亘丕賳 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 亘乇丕蹖 讴丕亘賵爻 賵丕跇賴贁 Alp 乇丕 亘賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 讴賴 乇蹖卮賴 丌賳 亘賴 elf 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必� 讴賴 賲毓賳丕蹖卮 讴賵鬲賵賱賴 賵 噩賳 丕爻鬲.丕夭 丌賳噩丕 讴賴 丿乇 賯乇賵賳 賵爻胤丕 毓賲賵賲丕 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必嗀� 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賵丕亘 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏й� 爻蹖丕賴 乇賵蹖 爻蹖賳賴 賮乇丿 禺賵丕亘 亘蹖賳 賲蹖鈥屫з佖嗀� 賵 爻賳诏蹖賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 丕蹖賳 賵丕跇賴 賲毓丕丿賱 讴丕亘賵爻 卮丿.
讴丕賲賱丕 亘丕賴丕鬲 賲賵丕賮賯賲 丌賯丕蹖 亘賵乇禺爻:)))))))))))
August 27, 2017
螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 渭委伪 蔚魏蟿蔚谓萎 魏伪蟿伪纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿蠅谓 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽蟿喂魏蠋谓 蟺位伪蟽渭维蟿蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 畏 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪 蟽蠀谓苇位伪尾蔚 蟽蟿慰 蠂蠋蟻慰 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蠂蟻蠈谓慰. 螠苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭蔚蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蔚蟻蠂蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟽蔚 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬魏畏 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏蟼 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 纬喂伪 渭蠀胃慰蟺位伪蟽委伪, 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬魏畏 谓伪 蔚尉畏纬萎蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺伪蟻伪渭苇谓慰蠀谓 苇尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟽蠁伪委蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 纬谓蠋蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 位慰纬喂魏萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼 渭蔚 蟺伪蟻维尉蔚谓伪 蠈谓蟿伪 蟽蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽未委未慰蠀渭蔚 蔚尉蠅蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼. 螒谓伪蠁苇蟻慰谓蟿伪蟼 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼, 蟽蟿喂蟼 未喂畏纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈, 魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂魏蠈 伪位位维 魏伪喂 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚蠀蟿喂魏蠈 蟺蔚蟻喂尾维位位慰谓 魏伪蟿维 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 慰喂 未喂维蠁慰蟻慰喂 位伪慰委 蟽蠀谓苇位伪尾伪谓 蟿伪 蠈谓蟿伪 伪蠀蟿维 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻伪胃苇蟿慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蠂蟻慰谓伪 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂蔚蟼 尾喂尾位喂慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏苇蟼 蟺伪蟻伪蟺慰渭蟺苇蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蟿蟻苇蟺蔚喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蔚纬蠂蔚喂蟻委未喂慰 渭蔚位苇蟿畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠄蠀蠂慰蟽蠉谓胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓 蟿畏蟼 蔚魏维蟽蟿慰蟿蔚 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼. 螠喂伪 魏伪蟿伪纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿蠅谓 蠁蠈尾蠅谓, 蟿蠅谓 蔚蟺喂未喂蠋尉蔚蠅谓 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 慰谓蔚委蟻蠅谓 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螣喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭蔚蟼 魏伪喂 畏 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 位喂蟿萎 魏伪喂 蟻慰蠆魏萎 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 魏伪胃喂蟽蟿维 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 蔚蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿畏.
October 5, 2017
I can't say I'm surprised by the fact that it's so highly acclaimed. That said, I can't say I found much interest in it, either. Truth is, it kind of made the already long hours of the night shift at work a tiny bit longer. All in all, The Book of Imaginary Beings is an admittedly big literary achievement that simply didn't touch me.
Shit happens, I guess.
Shit happens, I guess.
June 16, 2022
While not as intricately surreal or consistently striking as his short stories鈥攏or as illuminating and erudite as his literary criticisms and commentary鈥攏or yet as mellifluous and mystical as his archly arcane poetry鈥擩orge Luis Borges鈥檚 Book of Imaginary Beings is something entirely its own: an encyclop忙dia of imagination let loose; an encomium of the otherworldly; a wacky wax museum of phantasmagoria and a carnival collection of grotesqueries; a madcap compendium of sheer, uncanny creation. It is both extraordinarily entertaining and鈥攂ecause this is Borges, after all鈥攄elightfully eclectic, too.
The lushly drawn pages of Imaginary Beings are populated by a multifarious menagerie of miscellaneous monsters, critters, creatures, beasts, and all manner of other sundry megafauna lifted from mythology, theology, folklore, and myriad archaic oral traditions of ancient fireside yarn-spinnings. 鈥楬ere there be dragons鈥欌€攜es鈥攂ut also hordes and thickets of other beasts, be they of land, water, air or fire. And although many of these will be familiar to most readers (the Dragon, Sphinx, and Basilisk, the three-headed hellhound Cerberus), one of the things that makes this book so enjoyable is that even the familiar entries are accompanied by the kind of fascinatingly esoteric interpolations that only a mind as nimble and omnivorous as Borges鈥檚 could provide: strange and uncanny origin stories that delve back into the mists of time; oddly archaic etymologies; disparate cultural roots鈥攁nd again, because this is Borges鈥攐bscure references to previously unheard-of authors (for me these included鈥攁mongst many others鈥擨sidore of Seville, and Konrad von Gesner; and part of the fun was tracking down the referenced works to see whether they鈥檙e actually 鈥渞eal,鈥� or mere Borgesian red-herrings*), as well as many others whom you鈥榣l likely have heard of, though maybe not have been aware that they contributed to the mythological canon of such-and-such a creature (eg Livy, St. Augustine, Sir Richard Burton, Carl Jung, etcetera).
*in Imaginary Beings, in contrast to much of Borges鈥檚 short fiction, the references do seem to be genuine. But, as I haven鈥檛 yet checked out every reference, who knows鈥攎aybe he smuggled some real red herrings in after all??
There will also undoubtedly be many creatures with which you鈥檙e entirely unfamiliar: the A Bao A Qu, the Kami, the Amphisb忙na, the Garuda (though not if you鈥檝e read Mi茅ville鈥檚 Perdido Street Station, of course), the Lamed Wufniks (one of my favorites!), the Squonk (which is also known by its Latin name, lacrimacorpus dissolvens - who knew?), the Youwarkee, and many, many more. (For Gene Wolfe fan鈥檚, there are also entries on the Baldanders and the Talos!)
Imaginary Beings can be read front to back, in alphabetical order, or you can hop around, reading what you find most interesting first and then moving outwards to explore the rest (in the foreword Borges writes, 鈥渙ur wish would be that the curious dip into it from time to time in much the way one visits the changing forms revealed by the kaleidoscope鈥�). I skipped around a bit at first and then read it straight through, finding it an incredibly fun and fascinating read. It鈥檚 one of those books that you know you鈥檒l want to jump back into frequently, just to have a look around, reread and rediscover.
The imaginary beings included are given anywhere from a couple paragraphs to a couple pages of explanation, historical and literary references, etc., by Borges, and a few of the beings are also accompanied by illustrations.
Which brings me to my only complaint about this book (or rather, this edition of this book), and it isn鈥檛 anything to do with Borges, but with the so-called 鈥渄eluxe鈥� edition I got (published by Penguin Classics). I bought this edition specifically because I thought there would be more and better (and more deluxe!) illustrations than in other, non-鈥渄eluxe鈥� editions. Alas, the pictures included (by artist Peter S铆s) appear infrequently, with maybe one illustration for every ten or more entries, and are disappointingly bland鈥攚hich seems especially odd given that Borges in particular is a writer whom I would expect to be paired with intricate, bold and baroque artwork, to match the style of his writing. Instead what you get is a smattering of lumpen creatures abstracted to the point of being lifeless and unexciting鈥攖he opposite of what you鈥檇 want or anticipate in an otherwise splendid book which describes many of the most fantastical creatures the human mind has ever conjured.
Still, I鈥檓 definitely happy I bought it. Sure, if I had a mulligan I鈥檇 spring for a different edition, but the important part of the book is the writing, and Borges, as ever, doesn鈥檛 disappoint. It鈥檚 a crazily eclectic compendium that I know I鈥檒l be exploring and re-exploring for years to come (and though my son is a little too old and too cool for it at the moment, I鈥檝e got plenty of nieces and nephews who are just the right age!)
4.5 out of 5 stars, rounded down to 4 for too few (and, in my opinion, not very good) illustrations.
A terrific read!
The lushly drawn pages of Imaginary Beings are populated by a multifarious menagerie of miscellaneous monsters, critters, creatures, beasts, and all manner of other sundry megafauna lifted from mythology, theology, folklore, and myriad archaic oral traditions of ancient fireside yarn-spinnings. 鈥楬ere there be dragons鈥欌€攜es鈥攂ut also hordes and thickets of other beasts, be they of land, water, air or fire. And although many of these will be familiar to most readers (the Dragon, Sphinx, and Basilisk, the three-headed hellhound Cerberus), one of the things that makes this book so enjoyable is that even the familiar entries are accompanied by the kind of fascinatingly esoteric interpolations that only a mind as nimble and omnivorous as Borges鈥檚 could provide: strange and uncanny origin stories that delve back into the mists of time; oddly archaic etymologies; disparate cultural roots鈥攁nd again, because this is Borges鈥攐bscure references to previously unheard-of authors (for me these included鈥攁mongst many others鈥擨sidore of Seville, and Konrad von Gesner; and part of the fun was tracking down the referenced works to see whether they鈥檙e actually 鈥渞eal,鈥� or mere Borgesian red-herrings*), as well as many others whom you鈥榣l likely have heard of, though maybe not have been aware that they contributed to the mythological canon of such-and-such a creature (eg Livy, St. Augustine, Sir Richard Burton, Carl Jung, etcetera).
*in Imaginary Beings, in contrast to much of Borges鈥檚 short fiction, the references do seem to be genuine. But, as I haven鈥檛 yet checked out every reference, who knows鈥攎aybe he smuggled some real red herrings in after all??
There will also undoubtedly be many creatures with which you鈥檙e entirely unfamiliar: the A Bao A Qu, the Kami, the Amphisb忙na, the Garuda (though not if you鈥檝e read Mi茅ville鈥檚 Perdido Street Station, of course), the Lamed Wufniks (one of my favorites!), the Squonk (which is also known by its Latin name, lacrimacorpus dissolvens - who knew?), the Youwarkee, and many, many more. (For Gene Wolfe fan鈥檚, there are also entries on the Baldanders and the Talos!)
Imaginary Beings can be read front to back, in alphabetical order, or you can hop around, reading what you find most interesting first and then moving outwards to explore the rest (in the foreword Borges writes, 鈥渙ur wish would be that the curious dip into it from time to time in much the way one visits the changing forms revealed by the kaleidoscope鈥�). I skipped around a bit at first and then read it straight through, finding it an incredibly fun and fascinating read. It鈥檚 one of those books that you know you鈥檒l want to jump back into frequently, just to have a look around, reread and rediscover.
The imaginary beings included are given anywhere from a couple paragraphs to a couple pages of explanation, historical and literary references, etc., by Borges, and a few of the beings are also accompanied by illustrations.
Which brings me to my only complaint about this book (or rather, this edition of this book), and it isn鈥檛 anything to do with Borges, but with the so-called 鈥渄eluxe鈥� edition I got (published by Penguin Classics). I bought this edition specifically because I thought there would be more and better (and more deluxe!) illustrations than in other, non-鈥渄eluxe鈥� editions. Alas, the pictures included (by artist Peter S铆s) appear infrequently, with maybe one illustration for every ten or more entries, and are disappointingly bland鈥攚hich seems especially odd given that Borges in particular is a writer whom I would expect to be paired with intricate, bold and baroque artwork, to match the style of his writing. Instead what you get is a smattering of lumpen creatures abstracted to the point of being lifeless and unexciting鈥攖he opposite of what you鈥檇 want or anticipate in an otherwise splendid book which describes many of the most fantastical creatures the human mind has ever conjured.
Still, I鈥檓 definitely happy I bought it. Sure, if I had a mulligan I鈥檇 spring for a different edition, but the important part of the book is the writing, and Borges, as ever, doesn鈥檛 disappoint. It鈥檚 a crazily eclectic compendium that I know I鈥檒l be exploring and re-exploring for years to come (and though my son is a little too old and too cool for it at the moment, I鈥檝e got plenty of nieces and nephews who are just the right age!)
4.5 out of 5 stars, rounded down to 4 for too few (and, in my opinion, not very good) illustrations.
A terrific read!
June 4, 2007
Borges explains at the beginning that the book is not intended to be read through, but opened at random and skimmed. Well, I read it through, and I don't regret it. But that's because I'm interested by very unusual things. Borges has here compiled from what is essentially a set of utterly trivial facts something with meaning. His selection is bizarre, pretty and humorous, and he describes each beast with great variation in tone. The reason for each voice only becomes clear after several beasts are examined. The optimal reading circumstances appear to be a small group of people intimately familiar with the work of Borges reading aloud to each other and chuckling knowingly at each other. But it's still awesome. You should keep it on a shelf nearby, and open it when wondering what doesn't exist.
January 20, 2019
120 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽蟿喂魏维 蟺位维蟽渭伪蟿伪, 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 魏伪喂 魏喂谓苇味喂魏畏 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪, 伪蟺蠈 蟺伪蟻伪未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 未喂伪蠁蠈蟻蠅谓 位伪蠋谓, 伪蟺蠈 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 慰喂 慰蟺慰委慰喂 蟿伪 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀谓 蟽蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀蟼....蟺慰位位维 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 未蔚喂 蟽蔚 蟿伪喂谓委蔚蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 尉苇蟻慰蠀渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 伪谓萎魏慰蠀谓 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻维未慰蟽畏 魏维蟺慰喂慰蠀 位伪慰蠉.
January 20, 2018
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讴鬲丕亘 爻乇诏乇賲 讴賳賳丿賴 賵 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘賵丿.丕夭 丕賵賳 丿爻鬲賴 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲蹖 鬲賵賳蹖丿 丕夭卮 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 蹖讴 賲乇噩毓 禺賵亘 貙 亘乇丕蹖 卮賳丕禺鬲 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丕爻丕胤蹖乇蹖 賵 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖貙 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴賳蹖丿
March 18, 2020
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乇丕噩毓 亘賴 禺蹖賱蹖丕卮賵賳 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘禺賵賳賲 賵賱蹖 丿乇 丨丿 蹖賴 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 賮賯胤 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 丿乇丨丕賱蹖讴賴 亘毓囟蹖丕卮賵賳 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 亘丕 丕爻賲丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖卮丿賳 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 亘賴鬲乇 亘賵丿 蹖賴 噩丕 賲蹖丕賵乇丿卮賵賳.
诏賵诏賵賱蹖鈥屫臂屬嗀促堎� 讴賴 毓丕卮賯卮 卮丿賲 噩丕賳賵乇 诏乇蹖丕賳 亘賵丿:
鈽嗏槅鈽�...丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 倬賵爻鬲 賳丕賲胤賱賵亘 賵 夭卮鬲蹖 讴賴 倬賵卮蹖丿賴 丕夭 丿丕賳賴 賵 夭诏蹖賱 丕爻鬲 噩丕賳賵乇蹖 睾賲诏蹖賳 賵 诏賵卮賴鈥屭屫� 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕诏乇 亘禺賵丕賴丿 噩丕蹖蹖 亘乇賵丿 賲毓賲賵賱丕 诏乇诏 賵 賲蹖卮 丕夭 禺丕賳賴鈥屫ж� 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�...丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 賳丕禺賵卮鬲乇蹖賳 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 丕爻鬲. 趩賵賳 丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 丿丕卅賲丕 賲蹖鈥屭臂屫� 卮讴丕乇趩蹖丕賳 賲丕賴乇 丿乇 乇丿诏蹖乇蹖 亘賴 丌爻丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 乇丿 丕賵 乇丕 乇賵蹖 夭賲蹖賳 丕夭 噩丕蹖 丕卮讴賴丕蹖卮 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳賳丿. 丕诏乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 乇丕 诏賵卮賴鈥屫й� 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 讴賳蹖丿 讴賴 乇丕賴 诏乇蹖夭 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵 蹖丕 丕诏乇 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 亘鬲乇爻丿 賵 蹖丕 睾丕賮賱诏蹖乇 卮賵丿貙 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 丕卮讴賴丕蹖卮 丨賱 讴賳丿...鈽嗏槅鈽�
乇丕噩毓 亘賴 禺蹖賱蹖丕卮賵賳 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘禺賵賳賲 賵賱蹖 丿乇 丨丿 蹖賴 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 賮賯胤 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿貙 丿乇丨丕賱蹖讴賴 亘毓囟蹖丕卮賵賳 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 亘丕 丕爻賲丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖卮丿賳 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 亘賴鬲乇 亘賵丿 蹖賴 噩丕 賲蹖丕賵乇丿卮賵賳.
诏賵诏賵賱蹖鈥屫臂屬嗀促堎� 讴賴 毓丕卮賯卮 卮丿賲 噩丕賳賵乇 诏乇蹖丕賳 亘賵丿:
鈽嗏槅鈽�...丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 倬賵爻鬲 賳丕賲胤賱賵亘 賵 夭卮鬲蹖 讴賴 倬賵卮蹖丿賴 丕夭 丿丕賳賴 賵 夭诏蹖賱 丕爻鬲 噩丕賳賵乇蹖 睾賲诏蹖賳 賵 诏賵卮賴鈥屭屫� 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕诏乇 亘禺賵丕賴丿 噩丕蹖蹖 亘乇賵丿 賲毓賲賵賱丕 诏乇诏 賵 賲蹖卮 丕夭 禺丕賳賴鈥屫ж� 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫③屫�...丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 賳丕禺賵卮鬲乇蹖賳 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 丕爻鬲. 趩賵賳 丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 丿丕卅賲丕 賲蹖鈥屭臂屫� 卮讴丕乇趩蹖丕賳 賲丕賴乇 丿乇 乇丿诏蹖乇蹖 亘賴 丌爻丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁嗀� 乇丿 丕賵 乇丕 乇賵蹖 夭賲蹖賳 丕夭 噩丕蹖 丕卮讴賴丕蹖卮 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳賳丿. 丕诏乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賳賵乇 乇丕 诏賵卮賴鈥屫й� 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 讴賳蹖丿 讴賴 乇丕賴 诏乇蹖夭 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵 蹖丕 丕诏乇 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 亘鬲乇爻丿 賵 蹖丕 睾丕賮賱诏蹖乇 卮賵丿貙 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 丕卮讴賴丕蹖卮 丨賱 讴賳丿...鈽嗏槅鈽�
August 28, 2024
A magical blend of fun and seriousness - entries alphabetized (sort of), with footnotes and a bibliography of sources. Some very thoughtful prose about how people over the centuries have used magical beings to make sense of the mysteries of the world around them or just imagine other life possibilities.
Two of my favorite passages:
Of the Lamed Wufniks:
On the earth there are, and have always been, 36 just men whose mission is to justify the world to God.... These men do not know each other, and they are very poor..:. These men are, without suspecting it, the secret pillars of the universe. If not for them, God would annihilate the human race. They are our saviors, and they do not know it.
Of the Perytion:
...inhabits the island of Atlantis, and is a creature half stag, half bird... The most astonishing feature of this beast is that when struck by the rays of the sun, the shadow it throws upon the ground is not that of its own figure, but rather that of a human being... some have concluded that the Perytions are the souls of men who died far from the protection of the gods.
Two of my favorite passages:
Of the Lamed Wufniks:
On the earth there are, and have always been, 36 just men whose mission is to justify the world to God.... These men do not know each other, and they are very poor..:. These men are, without suspecting it, the secret pillars of the universe. If not for them, God would annihilate the human race. They are our saviors, and they do not know it.
Of the Perytion:
...inhabits the island of Atlantis, and is a creature half stag, half bird... The most astonishing feature of this beast is that when struck by the rays of the sun, the shadow it throws upon the ground is not that of its own figure, but rather that of a human being... some have concluded that the Perytions are the souls of men who died far from the protection of the gods.
July 8, 2023
This has all the charm of Borges compiling a specific list in encyclopedic format 鈥� which I suppose is exactly what it is. For anyone who grew up reading fairy tales and myths, perhaps having had these stories read to them at night, this will be a treat. Even if this was not the case, it wouldn鈥檛 hurt to dig through this list. I keep saying list because it鈥檚 not a novel, nor is it a series of short stories. There are lots of entries that show the fabulous and imaginary creatures that the myths of a variety of cultures showcase. My favourite entries were:
-Two Metaphysical Animals
-The Three-Legged Ass
-The Simurgh
-Two Metaphysical Animals
-The Three-Legged Ass
-The Simurgh
September 2, 2016
I really don't know how JLB makes such exciting topic sound so boring.
Let's take Scylla as an example. She is one of the weirdest monsters--a girl with the heads of six barking dogs coming from her waist. The story behind her transformation (from Ovid's ) is equally twisted -- a guy named Glaucus falls in love with Scylla (lovely girl at this point), she scorns him. Desperate, he seeks help from Circe, the sorceress. (He is probably hoping for some love potion to change Scylla's mind.) To his surprise, Circe falls for him and puts down Scylla. And even though Glaucus says no, Circe goes ahead and poisons the water Scylla likes to bathe in. She only sank her body halfway when the dog heads grew out of her loins! Wild. Ovid's story stimulates emotions and marvels us.
JLB makes this story, as well as 100+ others, unbearably boring, just piles of exotic knowledge. If you are interested in these fantastic creatures, read Homer, Ovid, and various world mythologies. You'll enjoy the reading much more.
Let's take Scylla as an example. She is one of the weirdest monsters--a girl with the heads of six barking dogs coming from her waist. The story behind her transformation (from Ovid's ) is equally twisted -- a guy named Glaucus falls in love with Scylla (lovely girl at this point), she scorns him. Desperate, he seeks help from Circe, the sorceress. (He is probably hoping for some love potion to change Scylla's mind.) To his surprise, Circe falls for him and puts down Scylla. And even though Glaucus says no, Circe goes ahead and poisons the water Scylla likes to bathe in. She only sank her body halfway when the dog heads grew out of her loins! Wild. Ovid's story stimulates emotions and marvels us.
JLB makes this story, as well as 100+ others, unbearably boring, just piles of exotic knowledge. If you are interested in these fantastic creatures, read Homer, Ovid, and various world mythologies. You'll enjoy the reading much more.
August 25, 2012
This book is great! Unlike Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them or Holly Black's Arthur Spiderwick's Guide to the Fantastical World Around You, which provide authoritative portraits of magical creatures in a particular fantasy world, The Book of Imaginary Beings compiles interesting stories and details about a diverse array of imagined beasts, drawing from both Western and Eastern mythologies. Borges's aim is not simply to delight his readers with whimsical stories couched in a satirical tone--though he manages this quite well--but to ascertain the true purpose of these beings in humanity's collective consciousness.
"We do not know what the dragon means," Borges writes in the Introduction, "just as we do not know the meaning of the universe, but there is something in the image of a dragon that is congenial to man's imagination, and thus the dragon arises in many latitudes and ages. It is, one might say, a necessary monster...."
This gets to the heart of what fascinates every fantasy lover or typologist. What are our profound hopes; our neurotic fears? What force drives us to tell the same stories over and over, resurrecting our favorite characters and their villains again and again?
Keep this noble cause in mind as you skim this book, and it will help you get through the drier bits. Not every entry sparkles with Borges's wit. Some unfamiliar creatures, like the A Bao A Qu or Animals That Live in the Mirror, are a joy to meet, while others could have remained obscure.
Read it before bed, and be sure to remember your dreams.
"We do not know what the dragon means," Borges writes in the Introduction, "just as we do not know the meaning of the universe, but there is something in the image of a dragon that is congenial to man's imagination, and thus the dragon arises in many latitudes and ages. It is, one might say, a necessary monster...."
This gets to the heart of what fascinates every fantasy lover or typologist. What are our profound hopes; our neurotic fears? What force drives us to tell the same stories over and over, resurrecting our favorite characters and their villains again and again?
Keep this noble cause in mind as you skim this book, and it will help you get through the drier bits. Not every entry sparkles with Borges's wit. Some unfamiliar creatures, like the A Bao A Qu or Animals That Live in the Mirror, are a joy to meet, while others could have remained obscure.
Read it before bed, and be sure to remember your dreams.
February 22, 2016
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賵賯鬲蹖 丿丕乇蹖丿 鬲賵氐蹖賮 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 禺蹖丕賱蹖 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬� 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫� 卮丕蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 噩丕賳賵乇卮賳丕爻蹖 丿爻鬲 诏乇賮鬲蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳鈥屫焚堌� 丿賯蹖賯 賵 亘丕 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 賵氐賮 卮丿賳. 賲賳 讴賴 丕亘丕卅賵 丌讴賵貙 丕爻亘 鬲讴鈥屫簇ж� 爻丕锟斤拷鬲賵乇賴丕貙 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 蹖丕 倬蹖诏賲蹖貙 爻蹖乇賳鈥屬囏ж� 賳賵乇賳鈥屬囏� 賵 丕亘賵賱賴賵賱 乇賵 亘蹖卮鈥屫� 丕夭 亘賯蹖賴 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 禺亘 丕蹖賳 讴丕賲賱丕賸 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫й屬�.
噩丿丕賸 讴賴 亘賵乇禺爻 賳丕亘睾賴鈥屫ж�.
賵賯鬲蹖 丿丕乇蹖丿 鬲賵氐蹖賮 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 禺蹖丕賱蹖 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬� 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屫� 卮丕蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 噩丕賳賵乇卮賳丕爻蹖 丿爻鬲 诏乇賮鬲蹖丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳鈥屫焚堌� 丿賯蹖賯 賵 亘丕 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 賵氐賮 卮丿賳. 賲賳 讴賴 丕亘丕卅賵 丌讴賵貙 丕爻亘 鬲讴鈥屫簇ж� 爻丕锟斤拷鬲賵乇賴丕貙 讴賵鬲賵賱賴鈥屬囏� 蹖丕 倬蹖诏賲蹖貙 爻蹖乇賳鈥屬囏ж� 賳賵乇賳鈥屬囏� 賵 丕亘賵賱賴賵賱 乇賵 亘蹖卮鈥屫� 丕夭 亘賯蹖賴 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 禺亘 丕蹖賳 讴丕賲賱丕賸 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫й屬�.
噩丿丕賸 讴賴 亘賵乇禺爻 賳丕亘睾賴鈥屫ж�.
January 10, 2018
Excepcional recopilaci贸n, fantas铆a pura. El drag贸n, el unicornio, el f茅nix y muchos otros, como criaturas imaginadas por Kafka o Lewis Carroll son descritas con un prisma diferente. Tambi茅n editado con el nombre de Manual de zoolog铆a fant谩stica 驴Compararlo con Animales fant谩sticos y d贸nde encontrarlos de la saga de Harry Potter? Bitch, please.
September 9, 2016
韦慰 蔚蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉蟿畏魏伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蠁苇蟿慰蟼 蟿慰 魏伪位慰魏伪委蟻喂. 螠苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 3-4 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟽慰蠀 未委谓蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟽伪纬畏谓蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 "蟺蔚蟻委位畏蠄畏" 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃喂 魏维胃蔚 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈蠀 蟺位维蟽渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪纬魏蠈蟽渭喂伪蟼 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪蟼, 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螤萎纬伪蟽蟽慰 魏伪喂 蟿畏 螠苇未慰蠀蟽伪 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿慰谓 螔伪蟽喂位委蟽魏慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 螒 螠蟺伪慰蠀 螒 螝慰蠀. 螚 蟿伪位伪谓蟿慰蠉蠂伪 蟺苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 螠蟺蠈蟻蠂蔚蟼 渭慰蠀 苇魏位蔚蠄蔚 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维, 委蟽蠅蟼 蠈蟿喂 未喂伪蟽魏蔚未伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 苇蟺蔚蟽蔚 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 渭慰蠀 蟿伪 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪.
August 19, 2021
Although fond of Borges's writing, I probably wouldn't ever have thought of reading this book were it not for the friend who enthusiastically lent me his copy.
The Book Of Imaginary Beings is an encyclopaedic collection of fictions, presenting an inexhaustive set of 116 alphabetically-organised entries on fantastic, phantasmagoric creatures from around the world鈥攆rom Chinese, Greek, and Norse mythology and Hindustani folklore to the annals of Pliny and the writings of C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, and Franz Kafka. These entries read like erudite works from a reference library, for the authors go as far back as the Epic of Gilgamesh to look for subjects and meticulously cite their sources鈥攜et, because Borges is involved, one can assume that at least some of these are red herrings. "Real" fantasies or not, I was excited to read about such imaginary Beings as the Acheron, the Animals That Live In The Mirror, the Eloi and the Morlocks, Hochigan, the Ink Monkey, the Norns, and Thermal Beings (oh, the Thermal Beings!).
While Borges' style is usually somewhat esoteric, the translation in this edition felt particularly stiff to me, rendering some parts more dictionary than encyclopaedia. Peter S铆s' illustrations, too, were too few and ultimately unexceptional to add to the experience (like most mediocre illustrations, in fact, they seem to have taken something out of it instead, limiting the kind of imaginative play that would've otherwise been possible with Borges and Guerrero's words alone).
However, problems of this edition aside, there is immense value in this book, especially for those fond of fantasy and exotica鈥攐r just good old Borgesian wit. Because of its structure and subject, one can flip through it randomly and read at a relaxed pace, as one does with magazines. It may also, after all, serve as excellent reference material for anyone looking to write some fantastic literature of their own.
The Book Of Imaginary Beings is an encyclopaedic collection of fictions, presenting an inexhaustive set of 116 alphabetically-organised entries on fantastic, phantasmagoric creatures from around the world鈥攆rom Chinese, Greek, and Norse mythology and Hindustani folklore to the annals of Pliny and the writings of C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, and Franz Kafka. These entries read like erudite works from a reference library, for the authors go as far back as the Epic of Gilgamesh to look for subjects and meticulously cite their sources鈥攜et, because Borges is involved, one can assume that at least some of these are red herrings. "Real" fantasies or not, I was excited to read about such imaginary Beings as the Acheron, the Animals That Live In The Mirror, the Eloi and the Morlocks, Hochigan, the Ink Monkey, the Norns, and Thermal Beings (oh, the Thermal Beings!).
While Borges' style is usually somewhat esoteric, the translation in this edition felt particularly stiff to me, rendering some parts more dictionary than encyclopaedia. Peter S铆s' illustrations, too, were too few and ultimately unexceptional to add to the experience (like most mediocre illustrations, in fact, they seem to have taken something out of it instead, limiting the kind of imaginative play that would've otherwise been possible with Borges and Guerrero's words alone).
However, problems of this edition aside, there is immense value in this book, especially for those fond of fantasy and exotica鈥攐r just good old Borgesian wit. Because of its structure and subject, one can flip through it randomly and read at a relaxed pace, as one does with magazines. It may also, after all, serve as excellent reference material for anyone looking to write some fantastic literature of their own.
November 13, 2015
Um dicion谩rio de criaturas lend谩rias e mitol贸gicas - e de outras criadas por autores como Kafka, Wells, Flaubert - no qual Borges narra as suas origens e caracter铆sticas.
N茫o desfrutei da leitura como esperava porque, al茅m de j谩 conhecer a maioria, n茫o me interessa muito o assunto.
N茫o desfrutei da leitura como esperava porque, al茅m de j谩 conhecer a maioria, n茫o me interessa muito o assunto.
June 30, 2022
Pou膷na, zanimljiva i neobi膷na knjiga isprepletena religijom, magijom i fantastikom.
April 1, 2020
Ne mogu ni da zamislim koliki je trud bio potreban da bi se napisala ova naizgled maju拧na knjiga. Jedino mi je 啪ao 拧to svako Borhesovo bi膰e nije ispra膰eno ilustracijama Bojane Stojanovi膰.
Ocena: 4猸愨瓙猸愨瓙
Ocena: 4猸愨瓙猸愨瓙
November 11, 2015
韦喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻维 苇蠂蔚喂 慰 魏喂谓苇味喂魏慰蟼 未蟻维魏慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 未蟻维魏慰 蟿畏蟼 螘蠀蟻蠋蟺畏蟼; 韦喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 螕魏蠈位蔚渭; 螤慰喂蠈蟼 伪魏蟻喂尾蠋蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 渭畏纬渭蠀纬魏慰位苇蠅谓 魏伪喂 纬喂伪蟿委 蠀蟺萎蟻蠂蔚 苇谓伪 蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蟽伪谓 蟿畏谓 螞蔚蟻谓伪委伪 螏未蟻伪;;
螌位伪 伪蠀蟿维 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 谓伪 蟿伪 渭维胃蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 螠蟺蠈蟻蠂蔚蟼!!!
螒蠁维谓蟿伪蟽蟿伪 未喂伪蟽魏蔚未伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蔚 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 伪蟺蠈 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀. 螣 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 蔚委蠂蔚 蟺慰位位维 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿伪 "尉蔚魏慰魏维位喂味蔚"!!!
螌位伪 伪蠀蟿维 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 谓伪 蟿伪 渭维胃蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 螠蟺蠈蟻蠂蔚蟼!!!
螒蠁维谓蟿伪蟽蟿伪 未喂伪蟽魏蔚未伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭蔚 蠂喂位喂维未蔚蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 伪蟺蠈 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀. 螣 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼 蔚委蠂蔚 蟺慰位位维 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿伪 慰蟺慰委伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿伪 "尉蔚魏慰魏维位喂味蔚"!!!
May 30, 2017
Reading this again because I'm in the middle of translating it, and it's still as beautiful as ever. The creatures described in this book have been a major influence on all my horror work.
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