DINOSAURS ON THE ROOF by David Rabe - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
See all titles by David Rabe.In Dinosaurs on the Roof, acclaimed author and playwright
David Rabe delivers a singular work that reaffirms his extraordinary
range and talent, and introduces a story and a collection of characters
whose genuine audacity will echo with readers for years to come.
In
the town of Belger, Iowa, recently divorced Janet Cawley is attempting
to find some peace and quiet, and perhaps a solitary place where she can
finally fall apart. She's quit her job teaching fourth grade, though
with the money she has, she will probably get along fine for another six
months. She still needs to extricate herself from an affair with an
ex-colleague that has the neighbors talking, but after that she can
spend her time alone, jogging, drinking, and making the occasional trip
into town.
Her plans are interrupted one morning by the sudden
appearance of her now-deceased mother's oldest friend, Bernice, who has
an urgent matter to discuss. Bernice's preacher, it seems, has informed
his congregation that they are to be visited by the Rapture that very
evening — and Bernice's first question, and most pressing fear, is how
her dogs and cats will be fed and cared for after she's gone.
Through
that night and into the next, the lives of these two women will become
inextricably woven together as they struggle to find reason in the
incomprehensible and sometimes ludicrous events that unfold, and search
for tangible signs of faith in themselves and the world around them. Dinosaurs on the Roof
is a magnificent novel that speaks volumes about spirituality in the
twenty-first century and explores the intimate, everyday gestures of the
strangers closest to us with unforgettable humor and remarkable humanity.
