Not Wanted on the VoyageViking, 1984 - 352 pages From one of Canada's most distinguished novelists comes this brilliant and wild retelling of the story of Noah and the Great Flood that has been acclaimed by critics everywhere. Findley's earlier novel, Wars, received Canada's Governor's Award and the City of Toronto's Book Award. |
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... lumber business . " Gopher wood was the chosen medium , a strong , light- textured wood with some of the qualities of cork . Beams and planks were hewn from gigantic trees whose bark was a bil- ious green and whose flesh was yellow ...
... lumber business . " Gopher wood was the chosen medium , a strong , light- textured wood with some of the qualities of cork . Beams and planks were hewn from gigantic trees whose bark was a bil- ious green and whose flesh was yellow ...
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... gopher wood , which gave off a perfume of almost sickening sweetness . The only mitigating smells were those that came from the lofts of straw and sweetgrass and the warm , familiar smell of cooking oil from the galley . The Well of ...
... gopher wood , which gave off a perfume of almost sickening sweetness . The only mitigating smells were those that came from the lofts of straw and sweetgrass and the warm , familiar smell of cooking oil from the galley . The Well of ...
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... gopher wood ark ? - ∞ Lucy said ; " believe me ; we could sit here forever and all that would die would be our memory of this moment . But not this moment . I know this from where I have been and from what I have seen . Believe it ...
... gopher wood ark ? - ∞ Lucy said ; " believe me ; we could sit here forever and all that would die would be our memory of this moment . But not this moment . I know this from where I have been and from what I have seen . Believe it ...
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afraid altar altar bell angel animals apples apron arms Barky bath house beasts began beneath Bip and Ringer birds blue breath cage cedar grove chamomile child cormorant cried Crowe dark dead deck demons Doctor Noyes door dragons dreadful dust earth Emma Emma's eyes face Faeries father feet fell fingers galley gone grass hair Ham and Lucy hand head hear heard hiding Hill Japeth kittens knew lambs lemurs lifted lips Lotte Lotte's Lucy's Michael Archangelis mother Mottyl mouth move never Noah Noah's Noyes looked Noyes's once orchard paused PHYLLIS WEBB Pirates poop deck pray Rabbi Akiva rain river seen sheep Shem shoulder side silent sing Sister Hannah sleep slowly smell smiled sound staring stepped stood tell thing thought Timothy Findley told trees turned Unicorn voice waited walking wall watched whispered wife wolves wondered wood yard Yaweh