Micromégas and Other Short Fictions

by Voltaire

Book Overview

Somewhere between tales and polemics, these funny, ribald, and inventive pieces show Voltaire doing what he does best: brilliantly challenging received wisdom, religious intolerance, and na ve optimism. Traveling through strange environments, Voltaire's protagonists are educated, often by surprise, into the complexities and contradictions of their world. Arriving on Earth from the star Sirius, the gigantic explorer Microm gas discovers a diminutive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140446869
• ISBN13: 9780140446869
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher