panda
L' ile des pingouins
French Political satire
Penguins
Western Civilization
French fiction
Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)
Manners and customs
Civilization
Religion
Social life and customs
History
Fiction
When a bumbling holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the animals with souls and their formerly peaceful community declines into a maelstrom of violence and sin. This witty allegory lampoons French history from ancient to modern times, taking satirical swipes at socialists, r…
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