D.J.'s review
The Book of Imaginary Beings (Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio)
by Jorge Luis Borges
D.J.'s review
The Book of Imaginary Beings (Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio) by Jorge Luis Borges
D.J.'s review
rating:
I rec'd this book as a gift from a friend; I've never even actually read ANY Borges, oddly enough.
It's not meant to be a collection of fiction (though, of course, it's not purely fact) -- it's more an encyclopedia of gods and monsters and beings mystical to mythical that Borges has found interesting over the years. It's nowhere near exhaustive, but it isn't meant to be -- I really saw it more as a compendium of things he'd run across in his research and writing over the years, and he thought it would be interesting to share the notes.
As long as you read it as such, there's a lot of really intriguing stuff in here -- and if you write, there are springboards enough in here for a host of short stories and novels.
It's not meant to be a collection of fiction (though, of course, it's not purely fact) -- it's more an encyclopedia of gods and monsters and beings mystical to mythical that Borges has found interesting over the years. It's nowhere near exhaustive, but it isn't meant to be -- I really saw it more as a compendium of things he'd run across in his research and writing over the years, and he thought it would be interesting to share the notes.
As long as you read it as such, there's a lot of really intriguing stuff in here -- and if you write, there are springboards enough in here for a host of short stories and novels.
