Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and the Key to Heaven

Title: Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and the Key to Heaven
Author: Leszek Kolakowski
G: 1704129
ISBN: 0226450392
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1989
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 192
Section: Philosophy | General
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.