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The book of Mrs Noah / Michèle Roberts

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Methuen modern fictionPublisher: London : Methuen, 1988Description: 286 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 041358190X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.914
Summary: A woman visiting Venice fantasizes that she is Mrs Noah. Her Ark, a vast, form shifting construct of the imagination, is a water-borne library moored somewhere in the Lagoon, repository not only of creatures but of the entire knowledge of the human race. Travelling with her on her journey of self-exploration and survival are five story-telling Sybils, each representing a different aspect of woman's experience down the centuries. Listening to these dark, funny, beautifully narrated tales - often of oppression - is the Gaffer, a rakish old man with much to learn.
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Book Book Lagro Branch Reference Section Women’s Collection WC 823.914 R646b 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132583d
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A woman visiting Venice fantasizes that she is Mrs Noah. Her Ark, a vast, form shifting construct of the imagination, is a water-borne library moored somewhere in the Lagoon, repository not only of creatures but of the entire knowledge of the human race. Travelling with her on her journey of self-exploration and survival are five story-telling Sybils, each representing a different aspect of woman's experience down the centuries. Listening to these dark, funny, beautifully narrated tales - often of oppression - is the Gaffer, a rakish old man with much to learn.

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