Noah's Ark (despite official records) had a stowaway, and it is with this account of the voyage that "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters begins. A series of apparently unconnected stories follows, which gradually echo one another as the Ark consistently reappears as an image and the stowaway's satiric presence becomes evident when least expected. Julian Barnes creates a brilliantly witty picture of the world, with a kaleidoscopic range of narratives from the stowaway to an American astronaut on an obsessive mission ...
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Noah's Ark (despite official records) had a stowaway, and it is with this account of the voyage that "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters begins. A series of apparently unconnected stories follows, which gradually echo one another as the Ark consistently reappears as an image and the stowaway's satiric presence becomes evident when least expected. Julian Barnes creates a brilliantly witty picture of the world, with a kaleidoscopic range of narratives from the stowaway to an American astronaut on an obsessive mission and a Victorian spinister mourning her father.
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