- Paperback: 446 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (4 Feb 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595342191
- ISBN-13: 978-0595342198
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.5 cm
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When a man meets the gods, nothing remains the same. Goldin is a rich novel in which myth and fairytale are drawn into conversation with urgent ecological and spiritual concerns. In a literary feast of tales within tales, one man's crisis blurs into the fate of the world. A goldsmith called Alan Goldin is selected by the gods to help them decide how they should respond to the world's predicament. Should they intervene? Should they do nothing?
To be an impartial adviser, Goldin must sacrifice that which he loves most. The spiritual crisis that this provokes brings him into contact with Mataji, an ancient woman who has incarnated the goddess many times. Mataji's story, a narrative of yearning, desire, sex and bliss which spans 150 years, reveals that she and Goldin are caught up in the same problem. Her gods are Indian, rather than Greco-Roman, but they are equally disturbed by the impact of modernity.
Goldin repeatedly explores the granting and choosing of wishes and desires. As one character puts it, "mortals have built a wish-granting machine of fabulous power, and can force the poor world to yield up whatever they like. But they have not wished well."
About the Author
Michael Cope was born in 1952 in Cape Town, South Africa. He has published novels and poetry, and worked as a programmer, salesman, manager etc. Married to writer Julia Martin, he has three children and lives in Muizenberg where he works as a goldsmith.
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a multitalented craftsman, 21 Feb 2005
By mike dickman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Goldin: A Tale (Paperback)
Michael Cope is a wonderful craftsman. Everything he turns his hand to turns into beauty...But beauty with a hook... a twin-barbed question: What are we doing to this exquisite blue planet of ours, and how come we're doing so little to right it?
Google him and go and look at his website. And buy this book. You won't regret having done either, believe me.
mike dickman,
Paris, FRANCE
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