The Book of Sand
| "The Book of Sand" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Jorge Luis Borges | |
 | |
| Original title | El libro de arena |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Book of Sand |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 1975 |
| Published in English | 1977 |
| Pages | 6 (Dutton 1977 ed.) |
"The Book of Sand" (Spanish: El libro de arena) is a 1975 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges about the discovery of a book with infinite pages. It has parallels to the same author's 1949 story "The Zahir" (revised in 1974), continuing the theme of self-reference and attempting to abandon the terribly infinite, and to his 1941 story "The Library of Babel" about an infinite library.
Release
The story was first published in 1975, in Spanish, as the last of 13 stories in a
Plot summary
An unnamed narrator is visited by a tall
Adaptations
The story (retitled The Sandbook) was turned into an
The story was adapted by the
The Dutch composer Michel van der Aa created for the 2015 Holland Festival a digital interactive song cycle based on this story, with Kate Miller-Heidke as performer.[5]
The Oakland Theater Project staged an adaptation of the story in 2022, written by playwright Lisa Ramirez.[6]
References
- ^ a b "The Book of Sand". bookofsand.net. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ISBN 0-9545995-0-0
- YouTube
- ^ Drama. Individual short or episode honorees [dead link]
- ^ Internationaal Podiumkunstenfestival. "Holland Festival".
- ^ "Book of Sand (a fairytale) by Lisa Ramirez". Oakland Theater Project. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
External links
Media related to The Book of Sand at Wikimedia Commons- The Book of Sand, English translation
- The Book of Sand, English translation interactive version
