A whimsical compendium of mythological creature profiles considers the inventions of such literary masters as shakespeare, lewis carroll, and kafka, in a humorously commentated volume that explores the qualities of a range of dragons. Printed in great britain by redwood press ltd, melksham. Careers at behance adobe portfolio blog powered by behance creative career tips download the app. Jorge luis borges terse, mindexpanding stories reshaped modern fiction. Jorge luis borges professor andrew hurley peter sis 9780143039938. Jorge luis borges selected poems 19231967 tr norman thomas di giovanni. Jorge luis borges books list of books by author jorge luis. Jorge luis borges 1951, by grete stern by grete stern 19041999. It is, essentially, an encyclopaedia of all nonreal animals not just ones common in western fiction like unicorns and dragons, but also a huge range of imaginary creatures from chinese, jewish, north american, norse, japanese. It is well organzied and each creature is listed in alphabetical order. Product title the book of imaginary beings classics deluxe editio.
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