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Line 20: \| preceded_by = \| followed_by = \| pages = 6 (Dutton 1977 ed.) }} "'''The Book of Sand'''" ({{lang-es\|El libro de arena\|links=no}}) is a [[1975 in literature\|1975]] short story by [[Argentina\|Argentine]] writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]] about the discovery of a book with [[Infinity\|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. Line 32 ⟶ 33: The story (retitled ''The Sandbook'') was turned into an [[experimental dance]] piece by Esther Linley's dance company for the 1994 [[Donaufestival]] in [[Austria]]. The soundtrack to the piece was written by [[Germany\|German]] musician [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]. Roedelius also featured as an actor in the piece.<ref>''Painting with Sound: The Life and Music of Hans-Joachim Roedelius'' ({{ISBN\|0-9545995-0-0}}</ref> The story was adapted by the [[Saudi people\|Saudi]] filmmaker Bader Al-Homoud in his online film<ref>{{YouTube\|fGD9jJ1QeGY\|فيلم كتاب الرمال Book of Sand short film}}</ref> and was selected as an official honoree in the 18th Annual [[Webby Award]]s in 2014.<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/online-film-video/general-film-categories/drama-individual-short-or-episode/honorees \|title=Drama. Individual short or episode honorees] {{\|access-date=11 April 2014 \|archive-date=13 April 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131430/http://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/online-film-video/general-film-categories/drama-individual-short-or-episode/honorees \|url-status=dead ~~link~~}}</ref> The [[Netherlands\|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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/program/2015/the-book-of-sand/\|title=Holland Festival\|author=Internationaal Podiumkunstenfestival\|access-date=4 June 2015\|archive-date=14 October 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014200552/http://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/program/2015/the-book-of-sand/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Oakland Theater Project]] staged an adaptation of the story in 2022, written by playwright Lisa Ramirez.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/book\|title=Book of Sand (a fairytale) by Lisa Ramirez\|website=Oakland Theater Project\|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> Line 42 ⟶ 43: ==External links== {{Commons-inline}} [http://anagrammatically.com/2010/03/08/the-book-of-sand-el-libro-de-arena-by-borges-translated/ ''The Book of Sand''], {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419171002/http://anagrammatically.com/2010/03/08/the-book-of-sand-el-libro-de-arena-by-borges-translated/ \|date=19 April 2010 }} English translation *''[http://bookofsand.net/hypertext/ The Book of Sand]'', English [[hypertext]] translation ~~interactive version~~ {{Jorge Luis Borges}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Book Ofof Sand}} [[Category:1975 short stories]] [[Category:Short stories adapted into films]]