Zadig: or The Book of Fate - Softcover

Voltaire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1548220930 ISBN 13: 9781548220938

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Zadig ou la Destinée (Zadig, or The Book of Fate) is a novel and work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment author Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The author does not attempt any historical accuracy, and some of the problems Zadig faces are thinly disguised references to social and political problems of Voltaire's own day.

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About the Author:

Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1548220930
• ISBN 13: 9781548220938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74