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