num_pages: 36
description: Jorge Luis Borges's famous 1941 meditation on language, alphabets, and the library that contains all knowledge is an allegory of our Universe, and in this edition is complemented and enhanced by the etching of the French artist, Érik Desmazières.
language: English
title: The Library of Babel
titlecomplete: The Library of Babel
genres: Classics, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Books About Books, Philosophy, Short Stories, Latin American, Literature, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 8367
publisher: David R Godine Pub