The Book of Imaginary Beings Author:Jorge Luis Borges Borges is one of the greatest writers in Spanish of all time. This is Borges' modern variation of the traditional bestiary, drawn on his vast knowledge of world literature. In the 120 articles that make up this book, the reader will meet not only such selbrated inventions of man's imagination as the trolls, the Minotaur, the Cheshire Cat, the Go... more »lem, and the six-tusked while elephant that foretold the birth of the Buddha, but also many metaphysical fancies. This book is a key to much of Borges' writing, since these fantastic beings are the realities Borges uses in his poems, stories and essays.« less