Micromegas and Other Short Fictions
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Short Stories, Classics
| Author: | Francois Voltaire | ISBN: | 9780141960692 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | May 30, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Francois Voltaire |
| ISBN: | 9780141960692 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | May 30, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Something between a tale and a polemic, these "fables of reason" are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing. From ribald tales of adultery to conversations between cosmic travellers, the stories in this collection pose moral, philosophical and social questions. Reader and protagonist alike find their assumptions challenged as Voltaire mingles rationality and fantasy.
Something between a tale and a polemic, these "fables of reason" are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing. From ribald tales of adultery to conversations between cosmic travellers, the stories in this collection pose moral, philosophical and social questions. Reader and protagonist alike find their assumptions challenged as Voltaire mingles rationality and fantasy.
