A Fable

The scene of A Fable is France, the time 1918. World War I is flaming; there is a mutiny in the trenches. The story – the fable from which the book takes its title – is of people, soldiers and civilians, familiar in our own lives and experience and in the ageless tragedy and triumph of the crucifixion and resurrection. It is a parable, an allegory, a morality. It is, as well, a compelling story of violence and humility, of cruelty and compassion, of pathos and humor, of war and peace. Told with genuine reverence, this modern Faulkerian version of the week of the Passion reflects contemporary man's conflicts within himself, his aspirations and anguish and hope of final redemption.