Parables of Human Frailty

At the heart of each short story in this intriguing collection is a parable a universal truth or lesson that strikes a chord in all of us. The stories concern very human psychological situations: the vagaries of love the pitfalls of envy the sacrifices of ambition or in the award-winning story The Legacy how ridiculing another person may come back to you. Most stories here are fiction but others -- as with the timeless wisdom of parables -- sail very close to home.