The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic

An expanded edition of a classic resource of fantastic literature serves as a guide to the imaginative realms, including Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz, touring more than 1,200 lands, including, in this volume, such places as Rushdie's Sea of Stories. 50,000 first printing.

Alberto Manguel is the bestselling author of dozens of books including A History of Reading, for which he was recently awarded France's prestigious Prix Medicis. An editor, translator, and essayist, he began his career with the first edition of The Dictionary of Imaginary Places in 1980, with co-author Gianni Guadalupi, a translator, editor, and passionate book collector.