The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel

From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own. Here you will find Shangri-La and El Dorado; Utopia and Middle Earth; Wonderland and Freedonia. Here too are Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and the fabulous world of Harry Potter. The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in loving detail, and are supplemented by more than 200 maps and illustrations that depict the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres. A must-have for the library of every dedicated reader, fantasy fan, or passionate browser, Dictionary is a witty and acute guide for any armchair traveler's journey into the landscape of the imagination.

Alberto Manguel is a renowned anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor who has worked all over the world. For his bestselling and much-loved A History of Reading, he was recently awarded France's Prix Médicis. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, published by Knopf Canada, is being reissued this fall.

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ISBN 13	9780156260541
ISBN 10	0156260549
Title	The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
Author	Alberto Manguel
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Year published	1987-09-01
Number of pages	454
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