The Double Tongue: With an introduction by Meg Rosoff

Name: The Double Tongue: With an introduction by Meg Rosoff
Brand: Faber & Faber
SKU: 9780571298532
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By (author): William Golding

William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her belief in him seem to move in parallel with the decline of the god himself - but things are more complicated than they appear. See more

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Weight: 179g
Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
Publication Date: 04 Apr 2013
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780571298532

About William Golding

William Golding (1911-1993) was a Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author best known for his first novel Lord of the Flies published originally in 1954 and adapted for film in 1963. His other works include The Inheritors (1955) Pincher Martin (1956) The Spire (1964) Rites of Passage (1980) The Double Tongue (published posthumously in 1995) a now rare volume Poems (1934) and the essay collections The Hot Gates and A Moving Target.Golding was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College Oxford. Before his writing career Golding was a schoolmaster. He was also a keen actor musician and small-boat sailor.In 2008 The Times ranked Golding third on their list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.