Penguin Island

In this biting satire, the near-sighted Saint Maël accidentally baptizes a colony of penguins, causing a theological crisis in Heaven. To resolve the error, God transforms the birds into humans, and thus begins the tumultuous history of Penguinia. mirroring the history of France. Anatole France uses this allegorical tale to lampoon religion, politics, history, and the absurdities of human civilization, from the Middle Ages to a futuristic dystopia.