Ebook {Epub PDF} Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley

 · Not Wanted on The Voyage is a re-telling of Noah’s Ark. The story is altered in numerous ways. Yahweh Himself visits Dr. Noah Noyes ("noyer" is french for "drown") and his family in a state of deep despair and senility. A wonderful twist of Mr. Findley’s is that Noah inadvertently gives Yahweh the idea to flood the bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 8 mins. Not Wanted on the Voyage Quotes Showing of 5. “In the dark that followed - Lucy said; "where I was born, the trees were always in the sun. And I left that place because it was intolerant of rain. Now, we are here in a place where there are no trees and there is only rain. And I intend to leave this place - because it is intolerant of bltadwin.ru by: I must presume that Timothy Findley smoked copious amounts of marijuana while writing Not Wanted on the Voyage. There is really no other way to explain it. There is really no other way to explain it. The author seems to demand that we suspend our disbelief and take seriously the fantastical world he creates in retelling the story of Noah's Ark, as the novel does not really lend itself to be read as mere allegory.4/5.

Not Wanted on the Voyage is a novel by Canadian author Timothy Findley, which presents a magic realist post-modern re-telling of the Great Flood in the biblical Book of bltadwin.ru was first published by Viking Canada in the autumn of , and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the Governor General's Awards. Altogether, Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage is a wonderfully written saga that opens one's mind to the complexities of religion, patriarchal society, and the importance of myth. It combines both the world of fairy tales with the violent realities of survival in the primary world. Turning the first page into this novel, Not Wanted on the Voyage by author Timothy Findley, I noticed all the religious excepts from the King James version of the Bible. This mere detail fascinated me, and gave an excellent leap into the chapters that so fourth proceeded. The novel commences with a very slow passing of events.

Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage parodies the biblical story of Noah. His God is a depressed tyrant, hundreds of years old: egomanical, megalomaniacal, suicidal. He is feared and hated by his creatures who have begun heaping derision and scorn upon him. Not Wanted on the Voyage Quotes Showing of 5. “In the dark that followed - Lucy said; "where I was born, the trees were always in the sun. And I left that place because it was intolerant of rain. Now, we are here in a place where there are no trees and there is only rain. And I intend to leave this place - because it is intolerant of light. Not Wanted on The Voyage is a re-telling of Noah’s Ark. The story is altered in numerous ways. Yahweh Himself visits Dr. Noah Noyes ("noyer" is french for "drown") and his family in a state of deep despair and senility. A wonderful twist of Mr. Findley’s is that Noah inadvertently gives Yahweh the idea to flood the world.