"Dazzlingly witty" --CYNTHIA OZICK
Otherwise Fables is the first complete collection of Oscar Mandel's
fiction, including the Gobble-Up Stories and the novellas The History
of Sigismund, Prince of Poland, and Chi Po and the Sorcerer. As witty
as Sedaris and as profound as Calderón, Mandel's little moral tales are
full of unexpected points, deep lessons, ethical ambiguity, and dry wit.
Slyly subversive tales of magicians, princes, and animals will delight
readers young and old with intellectually sophisticated examples of
philosophical allegory and compelling storytelling. Mandel's timeless
tales raise challenging questions of modern culture with panache, charm,
and magic.