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Thirteen and a Half Fables and Fable Fourteen by Juan Benet. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2009, Pages: 56
Trece Fábulas y Media y Fábula Decimocuarta (Thirteen and a Half Fables and Fable Fourteen), published in 1981, is an excellent example of Juan Benet's unique style. This compilation of fourteen short fables is a work that both confuses and inspires the reader. It is a far cry from popular children's fables in which the meaning is clear and the lesson to be learned is obvious. At the end of each fable, the reader is often baffled as to what exactly occurred, what the purpose of the story was, or what exactly was meant by the final line. Benet's fables are, however, still fables in every sense of the word. Each of the fourteen stories teaches the reader a lesson through the lives of the characters, as conveyed by a narrator. The fables are relatively short in length, yet deep in content. The reader is never explicitly told the moral of the story; rather, he is left to ponder the errors, situations, and observations of the characters and comprehend ideas that transcend what is presented in the text.
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