It is a philosophical novel written in form of allegory of the human life.

(Sinuhe) The Egyptian (1945), partially an allegory of the Second World War but located in ancient Egypt, is his best known work.

These things contain an allegory, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.

Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Some have taken the risk of resorting to metaphors and allegory, while others poke fun at the whole thing by writing editorials on ballet or bee keeping.

Even a visit to a bookstore can shock anyone who first came to know China decades ago, when it seemed inconceivable that works by non Marxist theorists would ever outnumber those by Marxists. A theatre company has even been allowed to stage Animal Farm, George Orwell s famous anti authoritarian allegory, once known to socialist bloc readers only via underground editions.