The Divinity GeneA mob of teens descends upon Paris in the thrall of a self-help author; a grotesque yard-sale statuette frees a dying man from his silence; the hottest club in town is staffed by angels. This is the uncanny world of The Divinity Gene, Matthew J. Trafford's debut story collection, and it bristles with humour, pathos, and imaginative power. Skewering urban culture even as it conjures up the magic in the mundane, the stories of The Divinity Gene map the frailty of the human heart. Caught in the crosshairs of faith and science, its characters-bereaved, sidelined, cast adrift-journey forth to undiscovered places, in search of something to believe in, someone to love, always with disarming results. A passionately devout scientist clones Jesus Christ from the DNA contained in holy relics; a man makes a Faustian cyber deal with the devil for the sake of his family; bereaved parents sign on for an unorthodox government reparations project following a school tragedy. Masterfully original, deeply human, The Divinity Gene introduces a bold and evocative new writer. |
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... aphasia , Wernicke's aphasia , Broca's aphasia , the local- izationist model vs. the cognitive neuropsychological model , nominal aphasia , and mixed aphasia , which was basically a medical term for “ all of the above . ” Princeton's ...
... aphasia , Wernicke's aphasia , Broca's aphasia , the local- izationist model vs. the cognitive neuropsychological model , nominal aphasia , and mixed aphasia , which was basically a medical term for “ all of the above . ” Princeton's ...
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... - made - up words - were part of the aphasia , but Princeton hadn't been producing them for Past Perfect months. “La bohème tosca madama butterfly la fanciulla del west DivinityGeneInteriorFinal.indd 15 03/12/10 10:26 AM 15.
... - made - up words - were part of the aphasia , but Princeton hadn't been producing them for Past Perfect months. “La bohème tosca madama butterfly la fanciulla del west DivinityGeneInteriorFinal.indd 15 03/12/10 10:26 AM 15.
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... aphasia . Throughout the week Dylan felt a jittery agitation . He felt like he had when in foreign countries , hearing lots of language around him but no English ; there were sounds and voices everywhere , but not Princeton's . Dylan ...
... aphasia . Throughout the week Dylan felt a jittery agitation . He felt like he had when in foreign countries , hearing lots of language around him but no English ; there were sounds and voices everywhere , but not Princeton's . Dylan ...
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