Vtoroy tom polnogo sobraniya sochineniy mastera literatury uzhasov — pisatelya, ne opublikovavshego pri zhizni ni odnoy knigi, no stavshego mayakom i orientirom celogo zhanra, kumirom kak shirokih chitatel'skih mass, tak i rafinirovannyh intellektualov, neissyakaemym istochnikom vdohnoveniya dlya kinematografistov. Sam Borhes voskhishchalsya ego rasskazami, v kotoryh mesto cheloveka — na dalekoy periferii vselenskoy skhemy veshchey, a sily nadmirnye vselyayut v dushi neostorozhnyh svyashchennyy uzhas. Vse proizvedeniya publikuyutsya libo v novyh perevodah, libo v novoy, tshchatel'no vyverennoy redakcii. Eta kniga dolzhna stat' nastol'noy u kazhdogo lyubitelya zhanra, u vsekh ceniteley sovremennoy literatury!