Publisher's Synopsis
A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm's eye view of the journey on Noah's Ark to an astronaut's quest for its final resting place.
Full of pastiche and learned disquisition, heart-stopping documentary, and heart-lifting revelation, these stories are in fact all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself--into love, myth, and fabulation. It's about everything that matters, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence, and humor.
