The Book of Imaginary Beings

A dazzling catalogue of beasts drawn from the dreamworlds of myth, folklore, and imagination

From dragons and unicorns to beings born only in Borges's labyrinthine mind, this extraordinary compendium blurs the line between scholarship and fantasy. At once encyclopaedia and storybook, it reveals Borges's genius for turning knowledge into wonder.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

About the author

Jorge Luis Borges

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Luis Borges, Borges Jorge Luis
• Assisted by: Andrew Hurley (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781529986372
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-8637-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Brief Encounters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general