King Solomon (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Rosenfeld
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: The twentieth century and the time of the biblical Solomon
- Setting: Jerusalem
- Principal Characters: Solomon, The queen of Sheba, The counselors
- Genres: Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: Reality, Criticism, Kings, queens, or royalty, Hallucinations or illusions, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: Jerusalem
The Story
A man of great eminence and amatory prowess is entering old age with powers undiminished. The women still flock to him, and he periodically publishes books of deep thought. However, there is nothing impressive about him physically, and his aphorisms seem remote from reality and from the life he leads.
The great man's counselors are at once his audience, before whom he disports himself and his achievements, and his severest critics—among themselves. They decry his taste; they are jealous of and voyeuristic about his love life; they try in vain to ascertain the...
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