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Micromegas: Available Copies

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Very Good Condition, Text appears to be clean. Cover has light wear, including light rubbing. Binding is tight and pages are nice and crisp. Edges and corners have light wear. Looks Great! Has used sticker on the spine and back of the book. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0140446869. ISBN/EAN: 9780140446869. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561025263.

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pp. xxxvi + 162

revised edition. 208 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. . 2002. Paperback. . . . .

pp. xxxvi + 162

A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories. Translator(s): Cuffe, Theo. Num Pages: 208 pages, chronlogy, further reading, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162. . 2002. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

In English

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revised edition. 208 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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 naïve 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 Micromégas discovers a diminutive people with an inflated idea of their own importance in the universe. Babouc in 'The World as It Is' learns that humanity is equally capable of barbarism and remarkable altruism. Other characters include a little-known god of infidelity, a pretentious graduate who invites a savage to dinner, and an Indian fakir who puts up with a bed of nails to gain the adoration of his female disciples. These 'fables of reason' challenge the assumptions of reader and protagonist alike. 208 pp. Englisch

Fran&ccedilois-Marie Arouet, writing under the pseudonym Voltaire, was born in 1694 into a Parisian bourgeois family. Educated by Jesuits, he was an excellent pupil but one quickly enraged by dogma. An early rift with his father&mdashwho wis.

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

Micromegas and Other Short Fictions | Francois Voltaire | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2002 | Penguin Classics | EAN 9780140446869 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand