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{{About|the short story|the short story collection in which it was published |The Book of Sand (short story collection)}}
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▲'''"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]]. 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.
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==Plot summary==
An unnamed narrator is visited by a tall [[Scotland|Scots]] Bible-seller, who presents him with a very old cloth-bound book that he bought in [[India]] from an [[Dalit|Untouchable]]. The book is emblazoned with the title "Holy Writ," below which title is emblazoned "Bombay,"<ref name=":0" /> but is said to be called "The Book of Sand"..."because neither the book nor the sand has any beginning or end." Upon opening it, he is startled to discover that the book, which is written in an unknown language and occasionally punctuated by illustrations, is, in fact, infinite: as one turns the pages, more pages seem to grow out of the front and back covers. He trades a month of his pension and a prized [[Wycliffe's Bible|"Wiclif Bible"]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = The Book of Sand|url = http://bookofsand.net/hypertext/|website = bookofsand.net|
==Adaptations==
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 }}</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|
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>
▲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|publisher=}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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*[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
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