The David Story

The David Story
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 0393048039
ISBN-13 : 9780393048032
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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.


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