Holy Jester! the Saint Francis Fables

By Dario Fo

Book Overview

"Fo emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden." - Nobel Prize Committee These fables spark the imagination, challenge the conscience, and delight the soul. Greed and corruption are Fo's irreverent subjects for this satirical Fellini-esque provocation. Fo convenes courtiers, popes, cardinals, generals, peasants and one man who despite his own earthly appetites and desires becomes a saint. "Imagine" wrote The New York Times about Fo, "a cross between Bertolt Brecht and Lenny Bruce, and you may begin to have an idea of the scope of Fo's anarchic wit."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623160820
• ISBN13: 9781623160821
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Opus Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.1"