Penguin Island
When a bumbling holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the animals with souls and their formerly peaceful community declines into a maelstrom of violence and sin. This witty allegory lampoons French history from ancient to modern times, taking satirical swipes at socialists, royalists, industrialists, militarists, and even the Dreyfus affair, and concluding with a remarkably prescient view of the future. Indeed, more than a hundred years after its initial publication, the story's insights into politics and society remain enduringly relevant. Poet, novelist, and journalist Anatole France (1844-1924) received the Nobel Pr…
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Weitere Autoren: Pape, Frank C. (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-486-81339-4
- EAN: 0800759813391
- Produktnummer: 20498360
- Verlag: Dover Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 21'997 KB
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