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Pamoison: And Mangloss the Magician

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Pamoison is an ode to Voltaire's Candide framed in the 18th century novella's structure. But here we have not Pangloss the philosopher but Mangloss the magician. We have not Candide the character of optimism, but Pamoison the character who swoons. Like the quest of the original characters, Mangloss and Pamoison journey from an idyllic European land to other countries where they meet unexpected consequences. Traveling on a hijacked plane, escaping from a Cuban prison, befriending a transsexual physician, observing a fatal attack by pit bulls, shuddering under the looming construction of a space station, camping out beneath the shadows of Mayan ruins, finding friendship with the Indian princess Minneheheh, just to name a few. And Pamoison's enduring love for the shepherdess Sibella who, as fate had it, transformed into a Ewe. Theirs is a circuitous journey of cause and effect which eventually brings them full circle to the moral of the fable, similar to Candide, but with a nuance that could only be Pamoison.

Pages: 126

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: June 12, 2013

ISBN: 1490366423

ISBN 13: 9781490366425

Pamoison: And Mangloss the Magician

0/5 ( ratings)

Pamoison is an ode to Voltaire's Candide framed in the 18th century novella's structure. But here we have not Pangloss the philosopher but Mangloss the magician. We have not Candide the character of optimism, but Pamoison the character who swoons. Like the quest of the original characters, Mangloss and Pamoison journey from an idyllic European land to other countries where they meet unexpected consequences. Traveling on a hijacked plane, escaping from a Cuban prison, befriending a transsexual physician, observing a fatal attack by pit bulls, shuddering under the looming construction of a space station, camping out beneath the shadows of Mayan ruins, finding friendship with the Indian princess Minneheheh, just to name a few. And Pamoison's enduring love for the shepherdess Sibella who, as fate had it, transformed into a Ewe. Theirs is a circuitous journey of cause and effect which eventually brings them full circle to the moral of the fable, similar to Candide, but with a nuance that could only be Pamoison.

Pages: 126

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: June 12, 2013

ISBN: 1490366423

ISBN 13: 9781490366425

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