Penguin Island

The “Ardis” audio studio presents Anatole France’s satirical novel “The Island of Penguins,” published in 1909—a subtle parody of the history of humankind presented as the story of the fictional country of Pinguinia. During a voyage across the Arctic Ocean, the blind old saint Maël mistook penguins for people and baptized them. After an urgent meeting in Heaven, it was decided: since the penguins have been christened, they should be considered people…