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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Book+of+Imaginary+Beings&rft.author=%5B%5BJorge+Luis+Borges%5D%5D+with+%5B%5BMargarita+Guerrero%5D%5D&rft.date=1957%2C+1967&rft.pub=%5B%5BFondo+de+Cultura+Econ%C3%B3mica%5D%5D+%281957%29%3B+Dutton+%281969%29&rft.place=%5B%5BMexico%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5BArgentina%5D%5D&rft.pages=159+%281967%29%3B+256+%28English%29&rft_id=info:oclcnum/45958"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ManualDeZoologiaFantastica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/ManualDeZoologiaFantastica.jpg/220px-ManualDeZoologiaFantastica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="361" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/ManualDeZoologiaFantastica.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="373" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges" title="Jorge Luis Borges">Jorge Luis Borges</a> with <a href="/wiki/Margarita_Guerrero" title="Margarita Guerrero">Margarita Guerrero</a><sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original title</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Manual de zoología fantástica (later retitled </i>El libro de los seres imaginarios<i>)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Translator</th><td class="infobox-data">Norman Thomas di Giovanni (1969)<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Spanish</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bestiary" title="Bestiary">Bestiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fondo_de_Cultura_Econ%C3%B3mica" title="Fondo de Cultura Económica">Fondo de Cultura Económica</a> (1957); Dutton (1969)<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1957, 1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a><sup id="cite_ref-jstor_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jstor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Published in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">June 1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">159 (1967); 256 (English)<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-525-06990-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-525-06990-9">0-525-06990-9</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45958">45958</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" title="Dewey Decimal Classification">Dewey Decimal</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">398.4/69</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">GR825.B6; GR825.B613<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Book of Imaginary Beings</b></i> was written by <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges" title="Jorge Luis Borges">Jorge Luis Borges</a> with <a href="/wiki/Margarita_Guerrero" title="Margarita Guerrero">Margarita Guerrero</a> and published in 1957 under the original Spanish title <i>Manual de zoología fantástica</i> ("Handbook of fantastic zoology").<sup id="cite_ref-LCC_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It contains descriptions of <a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">mythical beasts</a> from <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">folklore</a> and literature. In 1967 the authors published an expanded edition retitled as <i>El libro de los seres imaginarios</i>. Borges collaborated on the first English translation, which was praised upon its publication in 1969. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although a work of fiction, the book is situated in a tradition of paper museums, <a href="/wiki/Bestiaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Bestiaries">bestiaries</a>, and natural history writing.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the preface, Borges states that the book is to be read "as with all miscellanies... not... straight through... Rather we would like the reader to dip into the pages at random, just as one plays with the shifting patterns of a <a href="/wiki/Kaleidoscope" title="Kaleidoscope">kaleidoscope</a>"; and that "legends of men taking the shapes of animals" have been omitted. </p><p>Though Borges conducted research for the book, he also fabricated sources and invented details (and in the case of the <a href="/wiki/Peryton" title="Peryton">peryton</a>, a whole creature). As translator Andrew Hurley writes, "The nature of Borges’ erudition, creativity, and sense of fun is such that it has been simply impossible to ferret out all the originals, where originals in fact ever existed (some of his “quotations” are almost certainly apocrypha, put-ons)."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original 1957 publication of <i>Manual de zoología fantástica</i> contained eighty-two entries. Thirty-four additional entries were added to the retitled second edition. While collaborating on the 1969 English translation, Borges revised many of the original entries and added another four, bringing the total count to 120.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Penguin published an illustrated edition with a new English translation of the 116 entry 1967 edition as part of its series of Classics Deluxe editions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_editions">Original editions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Original editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Manual de zoología fantástica</i>. Mexico D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Económica , 1957</li> <li><i>El libro de los seres imaginarios</i>. Buenos Aires: Editorial Kier, S.A., 1967</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_translations">English translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: English translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Book of Imaginary Beings</i>. Norman Thomas di Giovanni (tr.). E.P. Dutton, 1969.</li> <li><i>The Book of Imaginary Beings</i>. Andrew Hurley (tr.), Peter Sís (illus.). Viking Penguin, 2005.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A review from <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i> praised the book, describing it as "perfect foils for classic Borgesian musings on everything from biblical etymology to the underworld, giving the creatures particularly vivid and perfectly scaled shape".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing the book for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, Caspar Henderson stated that the book was brief but also a "map of the endless labyrinth of human imagination and its contents" that was "dense and deep". The reviewer also commented that the entries on legends were "delightful".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Benjamin DeMott in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> also complimented the book, stating that it was "an amusing tribute to the human gift for seeing the invisible and debating whether it whistles".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An article in <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Modern_Literature" title="Journal of Modern Literature">Journal of Modern Literature</a>,</i> written by Melanie Nicholson, reported that some critics described the book as a "curious but unoriginal compilation of already-told tale". However, Nicholson stated that it was also "one worthy of serious consideration".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence">Influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many writers have been influenced by <i>The Book of Imaginary Beings</i>; this is especially apparent in the way that many of Borges's fabrications are repeated as accurate representations of folklore in later bestiaries and books on fantastical creatures. </p><p>British weird fiction author China Miéville credits Borges for inspiring <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tain_(novella)" title="The Tain (novella)">The Tain</a></i>, his 2002 fantasy novella, which features "imagos" that resemble the Fauna of Mirrors entry in <i>The Book of Imaginary Beings.</i> </p><p>The title of Caspar Henderson's 2012 book <i>The Book of Barely Imagined Beings</i> is a reference to Borges's book.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cubans" title="Cubans">Cuban</a> composer and classical guitarist <a href="/wiki/Leo_Brouwer" title="Leo Brouwer">Leo Brouwer</a> also titled a <a href="/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Leo_Brouwer#Guitar_duo" title="List of compositions by Leo Brouwer">2018 album</a> <i>El Libro de los Seres Imaginarios</i> after Borges's book. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthrozoology" title="Anthrozoology">Anthrozoology</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge" title="Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge">Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meinong%27s_jungle" title="Meinong's jungle">Meinong's jungle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peryton" title="Peryton">Peryton</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Book_of_Imaginary_Beings&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LCC-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCC_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/76087180">"The book of imaginary beings"</a> (first ed., 1969). LC Online Catalog. LCCN Permalink. <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2016-09-23. <br />  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/68106498">"El libro de los seres imaginarios"</a> (1967). LC Online Catalog. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Universal_History_of_Infamy" title="A Universal History of Infamy">A Universal History of Infamy</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_on_Pink_Corner" title="Man on Pink Corner">Man on Pink Corner</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_Exactitude_in_Science" title="On Exactitude in Science">On Exactitude in Science</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Ficciones" title="Ficciones">Ficciones</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Tl%C3%B6n,_Uqbar,_Orbis_Tertius" title="Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius">Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Approach_to_Al-Mu%27tasim" title="The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim">The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pierre_Menard,_Author_of_the_Quixote" title="Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote">Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Circular_Ruins" title="The Circular Ruins">The Circular Ruins</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon" title="The Lottery in Babylon">The Lottery in Babylon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/An_Examination_of_the_Work_of_Herbert_Quain" title="An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain">An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel" title="The Library of Babel">The Library of Babel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Garden_of_Forking_Paths" title="The Garden of Forking Paths">The Garden of Forking Paths</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious" title="Funes the Memorious">Funes the Memorious</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Form_of_the_Sword" title="The Form of the Sword">The Form of the Sword</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Theme_of_the_Traitor_and_the_Hero" title="Theme of the Traitor and the Hero">Theme of the Traitor and the Hero</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Death_and_the_Compass" title="Death and the Compass">Death and the Compass</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Miracle" title="The Secret Miracle">The Secret Miracle</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Three_Versions_of_Judas" title="Three Versions of Judas">Three Versions of Judas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_End_(story)" title="The End (story)">The End</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Sect_of_the_Phoenix" title="The Sect of the Phoenix">The Sect of the Phoenix</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_South_(short_story)" title="The South (short story)">The South</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Aleph_(short_story_collection)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Aleph (short story collection)">The Aleph</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Immortal_(short_story)" title="The Immortal (short story)">The Immortal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Dead_Man_(short_story)" title="The Dead Man (short story)">The Dead Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Theologians" title="The Theologians">The Theologians</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Story_of_the_Warrior_and_the_Captive" title="Story of the Warrior and the Captive">Story of the Warrior and the Captive</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Emma_Zunz" title="Emma Zunz">Emma Zunz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_House_of_Asterion" title="The House of Asterion">The House of Asterion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Deutsches_Requiem_(short_story)" title="Deutsches Requiem (short story)">Deutsches Requiem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Averroes%27s_Search" title="Averroes's Search">Averroes's Search</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Zahir" title="The Zahir">The Zahir</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Writing_of_the_God" title="The Writing of the God">The Writing of the God</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Two_Kings_and_the_Two_Labyrinths" title="The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths">The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wait_(short_story)" title="The Wait (short story)">The Wait</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Man_on_the_Threshold" title="The Man on the Threshold">The Man on the Threshold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Aleph_(short_story)" title="The Aleph (short story)">The Aleph</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamtigers" title="Dreamtigers">Dreamtigers</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Borges_and_I" title="Borges and I">Borges and I</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Dr. Brodie's Report</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Encounter_(short_story)" title="The Encounter (short story)">The Encounter</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_Mark_(short_story)" title="The Gospel According to Mark (short story)">The Gospel According to Mark</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Sand_(short_story_collection)" title="The Book of Sand (short story collection)">The Book of Sand</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Other_(short_story)" title="The Other (short story)">The Other</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ulrikke_(short_story)" title="Ulrikke (short story)">Ulrikke</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Congress_(short_story)" title="The Congress (short story)">The Congress</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/There_Are_More_Things" title="There Are More Things">There Are More Things</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Disk" title="The Disk">The Disk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Sand" title="The Book of Sand">The Book of Sand</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Memory_(short_story_collection)" title="Shakespeare's Memory (short story collection)">Shakespeare's Memory</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Tigers">Blue Tigers</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Memory" title="Shakespeare's Memory">Shakespeare's Memory</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Essays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Yo,_Jud%C3%ADo" title="Yo, Judío">Yo, Judío</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#Origins_and_"The_Total_Library"" title="Infinite monkey theorem">The Total Library</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Analytical_Language_of_John_Wilkins" title="The Analytical Language of John Wilkins">The Analytical Language of John Wilkins</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_New_Refutation_of_Time" title="A New Refutation of Time">A New Refutation of Time</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Historia_de_la_eternidad" title="Historia de la eternidad">Historia de la eternidad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Borges_on_Mart%C3%ADn_Fierro" title="Borges on Martín Fierro">Borges on Martín Fierro</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Book of Imaginary Beings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Labyrinths_(short_story_collection)" title="Labyrinths (short story collection)">Labyrinths</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adrogue,_con_ilustraciones_de_Norah_Borges" title="Adrogue, con ilustraciones de Norah Borges">Adrogue, con ilustraciones de Norah Borges</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_Golem" title="El Golem">El Golem</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonor_Acevedo_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Leonor Acevedo Suárez">Leonor Acevedo 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