Book Name : The Flood
Author : David Maine
What is it about : A Re-telling of a o-so-well-known mythical legend - the story of Noe (Noah) and The Ark. This Author writes the story using the family members' own perspectives as they received the message from above, built the ark, collected the animals, stored the foods, went through the ordeal, bored, survived and subsequently went forth and multiplied. And there you have it and why not, our world as we now know it.
Some thoughts after having read the book : On the light hearted side, a book written with wit and the Author presented funny and amusing angles to this familiar tale; on the rather serious and sombre side, the readers could feel the fear, hardship and boredom the Noe family went through on that fateful "boat trip" when they saw destruction all around them and the elation of seeing dry land again. The Author cleverly utilised the family members' frustration, intelligence, travels, emotions, ignorance and prejudice as vehicles to convey to the readers the many questions we have on religion and life.
Whether treating this legend as a myth or an actual event, I did not read the book with Logic or Sense in mind as mental conflicts would sooner or later appear if a reader kept asking : now just exactly how the animals were being segregated so as not to attack or feed on each other or just tell me how these animals were found and transported up in to the Ark in the first place. Yeh, better not ask these questions - a myth is a myth, right ？Or what actually happened was altogether different, I have heard another version whereby the Noahs' era was actually much more advanced and instead, they only had to collect the relevant genes in test tubes to bring onboard, well, that's another myth.
Would I recommend this book to you : I actually read this book during a month's travel and the book proved a good companion on those lonely train journeys and hotel nights. Recommended for a good pass-time.
