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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... lamb thus , " said Noah- and showed him how to pull the head back and then ; " you draw the knife thus - not straight - but using the curve . The cut must go from ear to ear . " Ham took his father's place and held the lamb . He held it ...
... lamb thus , " said Noah- and showed him how to pull the head back and then ; " you draw the knife thus - not straight - but using the curve . The cut must go from ear to ear . " Ham took his father's place and held the lamb . He held it ...
Page 184
... lambs had been born - her children's choir . And the ewes ' corral and the rams ' box - altos , sopranos , basses and tenors . Oh , the winter nights she had spent out here — and the sum- mer nights in the fields , teaching them all how ...
... lambs had been born - her children's choir . And the ewes ' corral and the rams ' box - altos , sopranos , basses and tenors . Oh , the winter nights she had spent out here — and the sum- mer nights in the fields , teaching them all how ...
Page 345
... lambs just stared . Mrs Noyes picked up the smallest , youngest lamb of all and she spoke to its parents and to all the sheep whose numbers , aboard the ark , had grown from seven to twenty — and that in spite of all the lambs that had ...
... lambs just stared . Mrs Noyes picked up the smallest , youngest lamb of all and she spoke to its parents and to all the sheep whose numbers , aboard the ark , had grown from seven to twenty — and that in spite of all the lambs that had ...
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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