The Double Tongue
The Double Tongue is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously. Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. Arieka prophesies in the shadowy years of the 1st century BC 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 attitude to the god and her belief in him, ambiguous in expression and conviction, seem to move in parallel to the decline of the god himself - but as always in Golding's novels things are more complex than they appear.
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The Double Tongue
The Double Tongue is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously. Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. Arieka prophesies in the shadowy years of the 1st century BC 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 attitude to the god and her belief in him, ambiguous in expression and conviction, seem to move in parallel to the decline of the god himself - but as always in Golding's novels things are more complex than they appear.
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La doppia voce (The Double Ton ...... accompagnò per tutta la vita.
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The Double Tongue is a novel b ...... elong fascination with Greece.
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«Двойной язык» (англ. The Doub ...... (изд-во АСТ, пер. И. Гуровой).
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La doppia voce (The Double Ton ...... nte al declino del dio stesso.
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The Double Tongue is a novel b ...... more complex than they appear.
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«Двойной язык» (англ. The Doub ...... (изд-во АСТ, пер. И. Гуровой).
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La doppia voce
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The Double Tongue
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Двойной язык
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The Double Tongue
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