Voltaire,Theo Cuff
A classic Enlightenment tale accompanied by 18 other pieces, including "Plato's Dream" and "Memnon" â€” all in a new translation.,Micromegas is a 650-year-old, 39-kilometer-high giant from the planet Sirius who can speakÂ 1,000 languages and has been expelled from his homeland for writing a heretical tract. On Saturn he befriends the local secretary of the Academy of Sciencesâ€”a comparative dwarf, being only two kilometers highâ€”and the two decide to travel to earth together, where they will make startling discoveries about human nature.
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