The David Story
Author | : Robert Alter |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0393048039 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780393048032 |
Rating | : 4/5 (032 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The David Story by : Robert Alter
Download or read book The David Story written by Robert Alter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of David, forceful slayer of Goliath, is plucked from the Bible and molded into a piece of literature that stands on its own--a narrative representation of a human life shaped by the pressures of political life and family, the impulses of body and spirit, and the eventual sad decay of the flesh.