The Double Tongue

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The Double Tongue is a novel by William Golding. It was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously.[1]

Golding's final novel tells the story of the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Kermode, Frank (6 July 1995). "The Guilt Laureate". London Review of Books. Vol. 17, no. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "THE DOUBLE TONGUE". Kirkus Reviews. 1 July 1995. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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Works by William Golding
  • Poems (1934)
  • Lord of the Flies (1954)
  • The Inheritors (1955)
  • Pincher Martin (1956)
  • The Brass Butterfly (1958)
  • Free Fall (1959)
  • The Spire (1964)
  • The Hot Gates, and Other Occasional Pieces (1965)
  • The Pyramid (1967)
  • The Scorpion God : Three Short Novels (1971)
  • Darkness Visible (1979)
  • Rites of Passage (1980)
  • A Moving Target (1982)
  • Nobel Lecture, 7 December 1983 (1984)
  • The Paper Men (1984)
  • An Egyptian Journal (1985)
  • Close Quarters (1987)
  • Fire Down Below (1989)
  • The Double Tongue (1995)


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