false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180994106m/1101679.jpg 1101679 11 Published in 1984, <I>Not Wanted on the Voyage</I> is one of Timothy Findley's most imaginative and compelling literary fictions. Findley turns to one of our essential myths: the biblical story of the great Flood, but he doesn't so much retell it as take our common knowledge of the Old Testament tale and give it an extraordinary twist. Here we have Dr. Noah Noyes, diabolical conjuror and dictatorial leader of his helpless little boat-bound band, sure of his total superiority as man, husband, and father, imposing his view of the ways of God on his wife and family. The kind and generous Mrs. Noyes stands in direct contrast to her hard-hearted husband, and then there are the Noyes children: strongman Japeth, every inch his father's son, with his delicate wife, Emma; and the sensitive Ham, every inch his mother's, with his mysterious wife, Lucy (a.k.a. Lucifer, who, having escaped from Hell, has decided to align himself with mankind). Findley, a great lover of cats, also gives us the crotchety Mottyl, making his way through his ninth and final life. <I>Not Wanted on the Voyage</I> is poetic and passionate and bursting with a wide-eyed inventiveness, at once a stunningly contemporary attempt at mythmaking, a grand novel of the power of the imagination, and a thoroughly good read. <I>--Jeffrey Canton</I> 1088564 1984 Not Wanted On The Voyage total:403|5:7|4:6|3:4|2:1|1:1| 403 1595 578 51 5 2 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 23 05:40:41 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 23 04:45:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 23 11:44:46 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 04:54:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 12 16:45:06 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 16:45:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 01 01:18:15 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 01:21:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 15 05:33:36 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 13 11:37:35 -0700 2008 4 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 28 01:11:43 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 01:16:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 22:29:41 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 22:35:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 09:59:37 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 21:28:42 -0700 2008 It...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Aug 19 15:24:42 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:45:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 15:43:29 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 15:45:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 13:21:15 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 13:21:22 -0800 2008 The Telling of Lies , oh, I don't know, in that year known as Y2K that seems so long ago, I anticipated a rough relationship with this book, another choice for Canada Reads 2008. I was so so so wrong. Like the computer glitch that was said to be capable of ending the worl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 22:25:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 22:32:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 26 19:28:26 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:29:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 26 12:59:30 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 12:59:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Mon Feb 02 10:36:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:37:26 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 13:45:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 13:46:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 11:03:49 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 11:05:23 -0800 2009 1 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 20 06:20:49 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 06:21:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 29 14:40:57 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 14:43:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 12:02:44 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 12:03:02 -0700 2009 ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1101679