Résumé
The book L'Île des Pingouins by Anatole France is a satirical and fantastical history of a fictional people.
The story begins when a nearsighted missionary mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, leading to their transformation into humans.
The narrative then follows their history, using it as an allegorical lens to critique and parody French society, politics, and historical scholarship from the Middle Ages to the author's present day.