On the Eighth Day by Antonine Maillet, Wayne Grady - 9780864924544

On the Eighth DayAuthor(s): Antonine Maillet, Wayne Grady\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Goose Lane Editions, Canada\nImprint: Goose Lane Editions\nISBN-13: 9780864924544, 978-0864924544\nSynopsis\nIn On the Eighth Day, Antonine Maillet imagines a solution to the world's problems: a wider and more exuberant world, with its right more left and its left more right, created on \""the day when everything is dared and anything is possible.\"" She spins a tale of two brothers a giant carved from an oak tree and a scamp shaped out of bread dough born one remarkable night when magic made wishes come true. Thrilled to have a son to call their own, Mr. Goodman and Mrs. Goodwife play favourite and bicker over which creation is the better child, causing a rift in the family.\n\n To ease the fighting, John-Bear and Big-as-a-Fist decide to set off to seek their fortunes. But first they must visit their godmother, Clara-Galante, to receive their inheritance. A witch who lives deep in the woods, she.