A House of Pomegranates

A collection of four moral fairy tales that blend fable and parable: one follows a young monarch who, on the eve of coronation, is forced to reckon with the human cost of his treasures; another chronicles a deformed court entertainer whose fleeting favor turns to cruel humiliation; a third portrays a man who separates his soul and endures unexpected spiritual consequences; the last traces a mysterious child's journey from vanity and cruelty to suffering and moral awakening. Recurring concerns include beauty and art, social hypocrisy, conscience, sacrifice, and the possibility of redemption, all conveyed in ornate, aphoristic prose.