The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

A.曼古埃尔 (Alberto Manguel)，翻译家、编辑和散文家，著有包括《阅读史》(A History of Reading) 在内的十余部畅销书。 G.盖德鲁培 (Gianni Guadalupi)，翻译家，译有多部意大利语经典著作，编过数本文集，同时也是一位激情满怀的藏书家。 译者 赵蓉，毕业于四川外国语大学研究生院，主要研究方向为英美文化与文学，现任西南交通大学外国语学院翻译系讲师，译有阿鲁里斯的《莎士比亚的政治盛典》和曼古埃尔的《想象地名》；合译有《古典诗文绎读现代编》和《荷马笔下的伦理》。

This is one of the most original and important works of contemporaryEuropean thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe today. This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost...(展开全部)

From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or b...(展开全部)

Offering an analysis of how myths played a fundamental role in the lives of the Greeks, this study of the relationship between reality and fantasy focuses on three case studies--the landscape, the family and religion. It demonstrates how Greek mythology is a product of its people, place and time.