by Anatole France · Montesinos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415216469
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«La isla de los pingüinos» is the satirical novel by Anatole France, published by Montesinos in paperback (290 pages, in Spanish).
A parody of the history of civilization, Anatole France turns penguins into protagonists to caricature the bourgeoisie of the late 19th century. After the mistaken baptism of Arctic penguins by Saint Maël, it traverses human history: love and war, absolute power, revolution, religion, and financial speculation.
Translation by Emilio Hernández Valdés; the original text is in French.
For those who enjoy satire and classics of dark humor.
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".
