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In On the Eighth Day, Antonine Maillet imagines a solution to the world''s problems: a wider and more exuberant world, with its right more left and its left more right, created on the day when everything is dared and anything is possible. She spins a tale of two brothers -- a giant carved from an oak tree and a scamp shaped out of bread dough -- born one remarkable night when magic made wishes come true. Thrilled to have a son to call their own, Mr. Goodman and Mrs. Goodwife play favourite and bicker over which creation is the better child, causing a rift in the family. To ease the fighting, John-Bear and Big-as-a-Fist decide to set off to seek their fortunes. But first they must visit their godmother, Clara-Galante, to receive their inheritance. A witch who lives deep in the woods, she gives them three wishes and some kind words, before sending the heroes out into the world to follow their curious destiny beyond the hills on the horizon, left foot first for good luck. Wending their wa

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    A Paperback / softback by Antonine Maillet, Wayne Grady

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      Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/04/2006
      ISBN13: 9780864924544, 978-0864924544
      ISBN10: 864924542
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      Book Synopsis
      In On the Eighth Day, Antonine Maillet imagines a solution to the world''s problems: a wider and more exuberant world, with its right more left and its left more right, created on the day when everything is dared and anything is possible. She spins a tale of two brothers -- a giant carved from an oak tree and a scamp shaped out of bread dough -- born one remarkable night when magic made wishes come true. Thrilled to have a son to call their own, Mr. Goodman and Mrs. Goodwife play favourite and bicker over which creation is the better child, causing a rift in the family. To ease the fighting, John-Bear and Big-as-a-Fist decide to set off to seek their fortunes. But first they must visit their godmother, Clara-Galante, to receive their inheritance. A witch who lives deep in the woods, she gives them three wishes and some kind words, before sending the heroes out into the world to follow their curious destiny beyond the hills on the horizon, left foot first for good luck. Wending their wa

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