Noah's Ark (38 page)

Time Out

‘Splendid … Trapido’s wit can swiftly wound, but does not alienate the reader’s delight … [She] carries along the tale with great descriptive gusto’

Times Literary Supplement

‘Noah’s Ark
more than fulfils the promise that Barbara Trapido showed us in her award-winning
Brother of the More Famous Jack
… A witty and thoughtful book. She has a winning way with manners, with dialogue,
and
with the unspoken elements of relationships.
Noah’s Ark
is a glorious hymnal to the survival of love against all odds; funny, fast, and finally, very, very moving’

Woman’s Journal

‘Barbara Trapido’s witty and highly polished style comes into its own, and there is never a dull moment … An altogether satisfying novel’

London Standard

‘A good-humoured wit, an endearing exuberance, a sharp eye for incongruous detail and a nice judgement of character’

The Listener

‘A rare delight … This novel is written with a scintillating intelligence, expressed in exquisite phrasing and beautifully shaped sentences that finish on a perfect note’

Sydney Morning Herald

‘A family tapestry rich in good humour, sensuality and comical human imperfection. Each character’s story moves back and forth in time, shimmering with life’

New York Times Book Review

‘The plot’s interplay of flashbacks and digressions, which prompt bright dialogue and dark complications, recalls Matisse’s line and palette. Some sentences can be relished in isolation, like fine brushwork’

New Yorker

First published in 1984 by Victor Gollancz

This paperback edition published 2007

This electronic edition published in December 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Copyright © 1984 by Barbara Trapido

Introduction copyright © 2007 Helen Dunmore

The moral right of the author has been asserted

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ISBN 9781408829011

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