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02042aam a2200289Ii 4500 001 8DE9616C580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170920s2017 caua 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781584236931 020 $a 1584236930 035 $a (OCoLC)1004266775 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IBZ $d IUL $d SILO 050 4 $a PQ8098.428.O46 $b V5313 2017 100 1 $a Romo, Claudio, $d 1968- $e illustrator. $e illustrator. 245 12 $a A journey in the phantasmagorical garden of Apparitio Albunus / $c Claudio AndreÌs Salvador Francisco Romo Torres ; translation by David Haughton. 264 1 $a Berkeley, CA : $b Ginko Press, $c 2017. 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 29 cm 500 $a "Originally published in Italy by © #logosedizioni, 2016"--Colophon. 520 $a "Influenced by the likes of Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Francisco Coloane, Claudio Romo's work is highly original, blending literary fantasy with adventure in a way that is never clicheÌ or expected. Equally talented as both writer and illustrator for his works, he believes that the 'two forms of narrations' combine to create 'a single fabric: ourselves.' In A Journey in the Phantasmagorical Garden of Apparitio Albinus, we explore the flora and fauna and other wondrous phenomena of a miraculous garden filled with denizens as small as symbiotic insects, made up of both plant and animal life forms, and as large as a planet, Atanasius Uterinus, that contains a sun within its very core. According to Romo, the 'book' best represents the human race, 'a place where different traditions and kinds of knowledge interact.' Who are we to argue"--From publisher's website. 650 0 $a Fantasy fiction $v Illustrations. 650 0 $a Science fiction $v Illustrations. 655 7 $a Illustrated works. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Haughton, David, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210021308.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8DE9616C580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search