{"product_id":"9780886191689","title":"The Dictionary of Imaginary Places","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the island of Hermaphrodite, where May is celebrated every month, to the kingdom of Aleophane, where criminals are offered a choice of entering the church or becoming journalists, to the quaint town of Stepford, whose housewives behave very much like robots (which, in fact they are): This is a guide to more than 1,200 cities, islands, countries, and continents invented by writers and storytellers from Homer’s day to our own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShangri-La and Atlantis are here, as are More’s Utopia, Swift’s Brobdingnag, Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and the Beatles’ Pepperland – their geography, history, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003every\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unusual inhabitants described in fascinating detail. Here are worlds created to satisfy every desire for escape or perfection: dream kingdoms and vampire cities; intellectual curiosities and hilarious absurdities; architectural, musical, and feminist utopias; cities of impeccable virtue and unmitigated vice; cities that hang in the air or change at a glance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith over 200 original illustrations and maps, this remarkable book catalogs the imaginary worlds of a vast range of writers (and others): Lewis Carroll, Carl Sandburg, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Richard Wagner, L. Frank Baum, C.S. Lewis, Rabelais, Dostoyevsky, Melville, Gilbert and Sullivan, Jorge Luis Borges, and Graham Greene. A browser’s delight and first class reference tool that manages to be delightful and entertaining throughout, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Imaginary Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will bring back memories of favorite realms and lure you to lands unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alberto Manguel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":57021413195936,"sku":"9780886191689","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/4121679.jpg?v=1779822410","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780886191689","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}