The year of the flood : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385528771 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780771008443
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Physical Description:
434 p. ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday ; Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2009.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The garden -- The year of the flood -- Creation day -- The feast of Adam and all primates -- The festival of arks -- Saint Euell of wild foods -- Mole day -- April fish -- The feast of serpent wisdom -- Pollination day -- Saint Dian, martyr -- Predator day -- Saint Rachel and all birds -- Saint Terry and all wayfarers -- Saint Julian and all souls. |
Awards Note: | Canada Reads 2014. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Environmental disasters -- Fiction Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction |
Genre: | Science fiction. Dystopias. |
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 0 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | 35140000837073 | Fiction | Not holdable | Lost | 2021-08-17 |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F ATW (Text) | DCL124262 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC ATW (Text) | BFN062816 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Adam One, the kindly leader of God's Gardeners - a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion - has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have been spared: Ren, a young trapeze-dancer, locked inside a high-end sex club; and one of God's Gardeners, Toby, who is barricaded inside a luxurious spa. Have others survived? By turns dark, tender, violent, thoughtful, and witty, The Year of the Flood unfolds Toby's and Ren's stories during the years prior to their meeting again. The novel not only brilliantly reflects to us a world we recognize but poignantly reminds us of our enduring humanity.