Micromegas and Other Short Fictions

By Voltaire

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140446869
• ISBN13: 9780140446869
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher