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Synopsis
An unclassifiable, meditative novel that plays with history, beginning with the story of Noah and the ark as told by a stowaway woodworm, and ending with a dream of a very unsatisfying heaven: "...getting what you want all the time is very close to not getting what you want all the time."
| Details | | Series: | Vintage International Series |
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"...from the bravura opening onwards--an irreverent history lesson via a worm's eye view of Noah's Ark--'History of the World...' shapes up not only as Barnes's funniest novel but also his most richly cargoed and imaginatively designed...as satirist and story-teller he has few equals at present."
New Statesman - Anthony Quinn (06/23/1989)
"When the performance works...the result is both difficult and splendid...[Barnes is] a novelist who uses his imagination as an instrument for thought."
Times Literary Supplement - Michael Wood (06/30/1989)
"A novel like no other--provocative, superbly funny, a wonderful and most original work, and one of those rare ones that give the reader a sense of ebullient, whooping joy."
(01/19/2009)
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