Parables of Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard's gift of storytelling has long imprinted unforgettable images on our minds. In concentrated form, his parables try to accomplish what his entire authorship sought to do, namely, to entice--even seduce--his readers into a more profound awareness of themselves. In this captivating selection of his stories, we find some of the most brilliant, witty, and edifying parables ever written in the tradition of Western thought.