This volume contains two unusual and appealing satirical works by the well-known European philosopher Kolakowski. The first, Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia, is set in a fictional land. Each story illustrates some aspect of human inability to come to terms with imperfection, infinitude, history, and nature. The second, The Key to Heaven, is a collection of seventeen biblical tales from the Old Testament told in such a way that the story and the moral play off each other to illustrate political, moral, or existential foibles and follies.
- ISBN10 0226450392
- ISBN13 9780226450391
- Publish Date 10 October 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780226450391