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Not Wanted on the Voyage

If you're looking for a Sunday school retelling of the story of Noah's Ark this is not the book you're looking for. However, if you like well written satire and thought provoking prose, this is definitely a book you'll really enjoy. It's like reading the biblical ark story from its own reflection in a fun house mirror: wildly distorted but yet still very recognizable.

Mr. Findley's characters are some of the most interesting in modern fiction including Mottyl, a sentient calico belonging to Noah's wife and a Yaweh who is an all too human deity. Look for talking animals, 7 foot tall angels and dog sized unicorns in a story infused with large measures of Darwinism then blended into a very well crafted, insightful tale which will have you reevaluating many of the key underpinnings of modern organized religion and theology, in general.

I highly recommend this book for people who like to read and think. This is not a summer beach read or a throwaway escapist fantasy. It is heavy, yet thoroughly enchanting, grist for the mental mill. One of the best books I've read in my life.


Tags : Not Wanted On The Voyage [Timothy Findley] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Not Wanted on the Voyage</i> is the story of the great flood and the first time the world ended, filed with an extraordinary cast of remarkable characters. With pathos and pageantry,Timothy Findley,Not Wanted On The Voyage,Penguin Canada,0140241175,Fiction General

Not Wanted On The Voyage Timothy Findley 9780140241174 Books Reviews

I don't remember ordering this book at all so when it showed up in my mailbox, I was surprised. I think I meant to order a different book. I do remember placing an order for a paperback but I can't remember the circumstances. Nothing about this book interests me.
Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage parodies the biblical story of Noah. His God is a depressed tyrant, hundreds of years old egomanical, megalomaniacal, suicidal. He is feared and hated by his creatures who have begun heaping derision and scorn upon him. Noah is almost as old God's loyal friend and lieutenant. He is the executor of God's will the way Goehring may have been of Hitler's. Humanity's sinfulness before The Flood is therefore only a life-affirming rebellion against a tyrant.

Another rebellion brews on board the ark lead by Lucy (Lucifer incarnated as a woman who has married one of Noah's sons) and Noah's oppressed alcoholic wife, Mrs. Noyes. Mrs. Noyes, of course, speaks with the animals all the time, feeding and nursing them. The lines are drawn the empathetic nature-lovers vs. the brutal Yahwist gestapo. The ending is really no surprise, as a return to the earth when the waters recede will be a return to a world ordered by the tyrant and his martinet Noah.

OK, so Findley's got a problem with the God of Judaism and Christianity. Readers can embrace his anti-theological stance or not and still be enchanted by a good story. But this isn't that good a story. The characters are flat and the story simply carries out the agenda. I found it hard to care about these any of these characters, either the good-evil or the evil-good. They seemed the product more of a pamphleteer than of an insightful storyteller. This book was published in 1984. Perhaps Findley's powers have since matured.
Pleased with service and item.. Though quite pricey.. Hope it's a good read..highly recommended book no longer being printed I believe
It is an amazing novel!
Very good entertainment.
Visual and powerful, uncomfortable, lasting. A one-of-a-kind portrayal of one of the oldest and most widely known Biblical stories. My favourite book by one of my favourite authors.
I have read this over and over.
Not Wanted on the Voyage

If you're looking for a Sunday school retelling of the story of Noah's Ark this is not the book you're looking for. However, if you like well written satire and thought provoking prose, this is definitely a book you'll really enjoy. It's like reading the biblical ark story from its own reflection in a fun house mirror wildly distorted but yet still very recognizable.

Mr. Findley's characters are some of the most interesting in modern fiction including Mottyl, a sentient calico belonging to Noah's wife and a Yaweh who is an all too human deity. Look for talking animals, 7 foot tall angels and dog sized unicorns in a story infused with large measures of Darwinism then blended into a very well crafted, insightful tale which will have you reevaluating many of the key underpinnings of modern organized religion and theology, in general.

I highly recommend this book for people who like to read and think. This is not a summer beach read or a throwaway escapist fantasy. It is heavy, yet thoroughly enchanting, grist for the mental mill. One of the best books I've read in my life.