The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
by Manguel, Alberto; Guadalupi, Gianni
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0156008726
- ISBN 13
- 9780156008723
- Seller
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Synopsis
From Atlantis to Tolkien's Middle-Earth, this Baedeker of the imagination takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own. And now, brought up to date with dozens of invaluable new entries and illustrations, such as Umberto Eco's Island of the Day Before, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, this volume is even more authoritative and comprehensive. Profiled within are lands drawn from Lewis Carroll, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Jorge Luis Borges, and more. Written with the wit and insight that has made Alberto Manguel a bestselling authority on literature, the book is also a visual treat: more than 200 original illustrations and maps reveal the lay of the land in Oz, Lilliputia, Narnia, and elsewhere. Here are worlds enough and more for every reader, fantasy fan, and passionate browser.
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95990
- Title
- The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
- Author
- Manguel, Alberto; Guadalupi, Gianni
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Paperback Small Quarto
- ISBN 10
- 0156008726
- ISBN 13
- 9780156008723
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- History, Ancient history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology;
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