The Fool and Other Moral Tales By : Anne Serre
Book Excerpt :
Fairy-tale atmospheres and complex narratives are a hallmark of the fiction of Anne Serre, represented here by three radically heterodox novellas.? The Fool ?may have stepped out of a tarot pack: I came across this little figure rather late in life. Not being familiar with playing cards, still less with the tarot, I was a bit uncomfortable when I first set eyes on him. I believe in magic figures and distrust them?a figure observing you can turn the world upside down.?? The Narrator concerns a sort of writer-hero: ?Outcasts who can?t even tell a story are what you might call dropouts, lunatics, misfits. With them the narrator is in his element, but has one huge advantage: he can tell a story.? Little Table, Set Yourself!?a moral tale concerning a family happily polyamorous?is the most overtly a fable of these three works, and the briefest, but thin as a razor is thin.? A dream logic rules each of these wildly unpredictable, sensual and surreal novellas: these may be romps, but
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