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The double tongue / William Golding.
Author
Golding, William, 1911-1993
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Faber and Faber, 1995.
Description
165 pages ; 23 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PR6013.O35 D68 1995
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Subject(s)
Women
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Greece
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Fiction
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Delphian oracle
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Fiction
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Prophecies
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Fiction
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Delphi (Extinct city)
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Fiction
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Apollo (Deity)
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Cult
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Fiction
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Homosaurus term(s)
Women
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Gender identity
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Gender
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Paranormal fiction
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Historical fiction
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Summary note
"As a young virgin with disturbing psychic powers, Arieka was handed over to the service of the shrine by her parents. She has now spent sixty years as the very medium, the torn mouthpiece, of equivocal mantic utterances from the bronze tripod in the sanctuary beneath the temple. Over a lifetime at the mercy of god and priest and people she has watched the decay of Delphi's fortunes and its influence in the world. Her reflections on the mysteries of the oracle, which her own weird gifts have embodied, are matched by her feminine insight into the human frailties of the High Priest himself, a true Athenian, whose intriguing against the Romans brings about humiliation and disaster"--Publisher's description.
ISBN
0571175260
9780571175260
0571178030
9780571178032
LCCN
96147309
OCLC
34934145
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