The book of imaginary beings / Jorge Luis Borges with Margarita Guerrero ; translated by Andrew Hurley ; illustrated by Peter Sís.
| Author/creator | Borges, Jorge Luis |
| Other author | Guerrero, Margarita. |
| Other author | Hurley, Andrew. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Viking, 2005. |
| Description | xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Libro de los seres imaginarios. English |
| Contents | The a bao a qu -- Abtu and Anet -- The monster Acheron -- The amphisbæna -- Swedenborg's angels -- An animal dreamed by Kafka -- An animal dreamed by C.S. Lewis -- The animal dreamed by Poe -- Two metaphysical animals -- Animals that live in the mirror -- Spherical animals -- Six-legged antelopes -- The three-legged ass -- The bahamut -- The badlanders -- Banshees -- The basilisk -- The behemoth -- The bird that makes the rain -- The borametz -- The brownies -- Buraq -- The Cheshire cat and Kilkenny cats -- The catoblepas -- The centaur -- Cerberus -- The chimæra -- The celestial cock -- The crocotta and the leucrocotta -- A crossbreed by Kafka -- The demons of Judaism -- Swedenborg's demons -- The devourer of the dead -- The double -- The dragon -- The Chinese dragon -- The western dragon -- The elephant that prefigured the birth of Buddha -- The eloi and the morlocks -- Elves -- Fairies -- The fastitocalon -- Fauna of China -- Fauna of the United States -- The Chinese fox -- The garuda -- Gnomes -- The golem -- The gryphon -- The hairy beast of La Ferté-Bernard -- Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel -- Haokah, god of thunder -- The hare in the moon -- The harpies -- The hippogriff -- Hochigan -- Humbaba -- The hundred-heads -- The hydra -- Ichthyocentaurs -- The jinn -- The kami -- A king of fire and his steed -- The kraken -- Kronos or Herakles -- The lamed wufniks -- The lamia -- The lemuri -- The leveler -- The offspring of Leviathan -- Lilith -- The mandrake -- The mantichora, or manticore -- The minotaur -- The ink monkey -- The mother of tortoises -- The myrmecoleon -- The nagas -- The nisnas -- The norns -- Nymphs -- Odradek by Kafka -- One-eyed beings -- The ouroboros -- The panther -- The pelican -- The perytion -- The phoenix -- The Chinese phoenix -- Pygmies -- Quyata -- Remora -- A reptile dreamed by C.S. Lewis -- The roc -- The salamander -- Satyrs -- Scylla -- The sea horse -- The eight-forked-serpent -- The simurgh -- Sirens -- The sow in chains -- The sphinx -- The squonk -- The celestial stag -- Sylphs -- Talos -- The tʹao-tʹieh -- Thermal beings -- The tigers of Annam -- Trolls -- The unicorn -- Valkyries -- Youwarkee -- The zaratan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2005042250 |
| ISBN | 0670891800 |
| ISBN | 9780670891801 52595 |