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Balthasar and Other Works - 1909

Anatole France

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Balthasar was endowed with fine natural sense. He said:

"Only that which is true is divine, and what is divine is hidden from us. In vain we search for truth. And yet I have discovered a new star in the sky. It is a beautiful star, and it seems alive; and when it sparkles it looks like a celestial eye that blinks gently. I seem to hear it call to me. Happy, happy, happy is he who is born under this star, See, Sembobitis, how this charming and splendid star looks at us."

But Sembobitis did not see the star because he would not see it. Wise and old, he did not like novelties.

And alone in the silence of night Balthasar repeated: "Happy, happy, happy he who is born under this star."







V.

The rumour spread over all Ethiopia and the neighbouring kingdoms that King Balthasar had ceased to love Balkis.

When the tidings reached the country of Sheba, Balkis was as indigna. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Masterful and poignant blending of religious and occult mysticism. Wished most of these stories were longer.

Muy breve colección de pequeños cuentos con historias fascinantes. Supongo que sean buen material de estudio para quien quiera desarrollar sus habilidades de escritor.

Reads like the Bible. Is the Biblical story augmented of the King Balthasar of Ethiopia.