Dinosaurs on the Roof
A Novel
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.
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