Aesop''s Fables - The Cruelty of the Gods

The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times.

About the author

Gébler was born in Dublin, the elder son of the Irish writers Ernest Gébler and Edna O'Brien. He is a novelist, biographer, playwright and teacher, frequently working with prisoners in Northern Irish jails. His novel The Dead Eight, based on events that took place in rural Tipperary in 1940, was described by Julian Evans as having a 'Swiftian understanding of the world's secret machinations'. His other novels include How to Murder a Man (1998) and A Good Day For A Dog. Driving through Cuba: An East-West Journey was published in 1988, and his other non fiction books include The Glass Curtain, about the sectarian divisions of Belfast, and Father and I: a Memoir, a book about his difficult relationship with his distant father.

Summary

The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times.

Foreword

The greatest collection of fables ever written, updated for our turbulent times.

Additional text

Scary new versions of ancient morality tales, Aesop's Fables, with stings in all their tails [...] are full of adult wisdom, human misfortune and bitter experiences, which, because they happen to other people, are hilarious' Belfast Telegraph.

Product details

• Authors: Carlo Gebler, Carlo Gébler
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781789542608
• ISBN: 978-1-78954-260-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales