Micromegas
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9781847493798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Voltaire |
| Publisher | Alma Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.180 |
| Publishing Date | 18/09/2014 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €10.85 |
| Tax | €0.65 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €11.50 |
| Availability | 1 unit in external warehouse |
Product Description
Micromegas is a six-hundred-and-fifty-year-old, thirty-nine-kilometre-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speak a thousand languages and has been expelled from his homeland for writing a heretical tract. On Saturn he befriends the local secretary of the Academy of Sciences – a comparative dwarf, being only two kilometres high – and the two decide to travel to earth together, where they will make startling discoveries about human nature.
At once a story-length Bildungsroman and a philosophical tale, ‘Micromegas’ is a classic Enlightenment text, and is accompanied in this volume by thirteen other pieces – including ‘Plato’s Dream’ and ‘Memnon’ – all in a new translation by acclaimed French specialist Douglas Parmée.