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Synopsis
This short novel, a fictional memoir of an aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle of ancient Greece, was left in draft at the author's death.
| Size | | Length: | 165 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Golding's choice of a female voice displays a remarkable understanding of both the experiences and intellectual capabilities of women in the ancient world...'The Double Tongue' successfully portrays the isolation of a woman's life, her feelings of loneliness and despair, and her affection for Ionides, who, unlike her parents, seems to value her as a sapient human being."
Times Literary Supplement - Mary Lefkowitz (06/23/1995)
"Golding's portrait of the Delphic oracular community behind closed doors, in its private existence, is feline, deadpan, and at moments hilarious...The mysteries of divine possession and its inevitable human exploitation have seldom been more arrestingly portrayed."
Washington Post Book World - Peter Green (10/01/1995)
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