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This outlandish stew of biblical analogy, political thriller, futuristic speculation, and old-fashioned adventure story by the best-selling author of Ahab’s Wife (1999) teases and frustrates the reader. Lucy Bergmann is, in her own words, an “ordinary wife of a revered man.” Her husband,... read more
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First Sentence edit
A nude couple is standing in the shade of a small, leafy tree.
Table of Contents edit
Part One
1. When the Piano Falls
2. 2020: The Gathering of the Dust
3. A Life in Ramallah
4. Passage to Egypt
5. Igtiyal!
6. The Dragon's Neck
7. A Life in San Antonio
8. Airplane!
9. In the Garden
10. For the Beauty of the Earth
11. A Life in West Jerusalem
12. Gethsemane
Part Two
1. Mesopotamia
2. Lucy as Eve
3. Pierre Saad
4. Recovery
5. Parachute
6. Arielle
7. Rescue
8. Intimacy
9. Gabriel Plum
10. The American Patient
11. The Incubus
12. Life of a Sufi
13. The Road to Bagdad
14. The Odor of Lemons
Part Three
1. The French Quarter
2. Love and Art
3. Adam's Dream
4. Within the Earth
5. A Path, a Stair
6. Boustrophedon
7. How to Read a Sacred Text
8. The Chase: Lucy
9. The Chase: Adam
10. Adam's Heel
11. Epilogue: 2021--Olduval Gorge and Serengeti Plain
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sena Jeter Naslund (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-06-157927-1
Page Count: 339
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-06-157927-1
Page Count: 339
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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