Author

Publication

1989 - Black Spring Press, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

62,000 words, Guess

Page Count

248 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveandasssawangel00cave
  • ISBN-100948238038
  • ISBN-139780948238031
  • LibraryThing58490
  • Goodreads879916
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  • Library of Congress Control Number92107708
  • Better World BooksKR-077-911
  • Better World Books9780948238031
  • Better World BooksKR-076-204
  • Open LibraryOL1760444M

Classifications

  • DDC823
  • LCCPR9619.3.C4 A8 1989

Description

Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance. When the God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child to be chosen by the Almighty, Euchrid is disturbed. He sees her very differently, and his conviction, and increasing isolation and insanity, may have terrible consequences for them both...This new edition of Cave's cult classic has been cut down and reorganized by the author so the plot is clarified and the characters stand out more clearly. The book retains all its brilliance but is much more accessible to the general reader.

First Sentence

"It was his brother who tore the caul on that, the morning of their birth, as if that sole act of assertion was to set an inverted precedent for inertia in his life to come, Euchrid, then unnamed, clutched ahold of his brother's heels and slopped into the w"

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Other Editions

  • And the ass saw the angelBlack Spring Press1989-01-01
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