However, because the authors make use of a wide variety of entertaining and thoughtful texts as their source Personal opinions and additions are kept to a minimum where they appear atĪll. The authors treat all of the locations they describe in a serious fashion, taking their information from the booksĪnd stories that originated the ideas. The world in which Hardy lived, as opposed to the Llygeryb of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. The Wessex featured in the novels of Thomas Hardy may not be real, but it is firmly based on Locations must be wholly imaginary, rather than merely Manguel lays out some of the criteria for inclusion in a brief introduction. More obscure sources (Tommaso Porcacchi's Le isole piu' famose del mondo) however, the more famous are also well represented (J.R.R. Many of the locations included come from much
Rowling's Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This 755-page book contains more than 1200 imaginary places ranging from Gianni Guadalupi is a translator of many classics into Italian, an editor, and a passionate book collector.Īlberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places is a tribute to the collective human In Buenos Aires, Manguel has travelled extensively and is now a Canadian citizen.
Include the award-winning novel News From a Foreign Country Came, and the short story anthologiesīlack Water, The Gates of Paradise, and (with Craig Stephenson) In Another Part of the Forest. Alberto Manguel is a writer, translator, and editor of international reputation his many books
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