Metabooks
Explore the fascinating world of metabooks with our curated reading list, featuring Jorge Luis Borges' mind-bending classic, The Library of Babel, alongside breathtaking showcases of The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World. Discover books about books and the infinite nature of storytelling.
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The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges
"Not many living artists would be sufficiently brave or inspired to attempt reflecting in art what Borges constructs in words. But the detailed, evocative etchings by Erik Desmazieres provide a perfect counterpoint to the visionary prose. Like Borges, Desmazieres has created his own universe, his own definition of the meaning, topography and geography of the Library of Babel. Printed together, with the etchings reproduced in fine-line duotone, text and art unite to present an artist's book that belongs in the circle of Borges's sacrosanct Crimson Hexagon - "books smaller than natural books, books omnipotent, illustrated, and magical.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved