In the Shadow of the Ark (37 page)

Text copyright © 2001 by Anne Provoost
Translation copyright © 2004 by John Nieuwenhuizen
Cover design and collage by Elizabeth B. Parisi.
Rain image from Steve Bloom/Alamy Images;
Figure imagery by Frederic Leighton from Manchester Art Gallery/Bridgeman Art Library and Sotheby’s, London.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Provoost, Anne, 1964—
[Arkvaarders. English]
In the Shadow of the Ark / Anne Provoost ; translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-439-44234-6
I. Nieuwenhuizen, John. II. Title.
PT6466.26.R68A75 2004
839.3’1364—dc21 2003009622

First edition, August 2004

The translation of this publication is funded by the Flemish Literature Fund

(Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren — www.fondsvoordeletteren.be).

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