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The Garden
By Aidinoff, Elsie V.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06055-605-1 978-0-06055-606-8
- Publisher
- HarperTempest
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2004
Gr 11-Up A revision of the Fall as written in Genesis, The Garden is told from the perspective of Eve, a quizzical woman who questions everything from her own "birth" to God's authority. Aloof and careless, Adam is the more physical of the two; he enjoys the paradise of Eden, running with the antelope each day, never paying attention to the lessons that his didactic God has to offer. The two other characters in the novel are God, an authoritaria...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Here's a retake on the Adam and Eve story, but with a surprising spin: the snake is the good guy. While God educates young Adam in a remote part of the Garden, the Serpent has been given the responsibility of raising the curious and daring young Eve. He is a wise and gentle teacher, and when God, eager to see if his invention of sex works, orders the teenage Adam to rape Eve, it is the Serpent who heals her spir...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
