Provoost was elected a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature in 2003. She lives with her husband and three children in Antwerp, Belgium.
About the Translator
John Nieuwenhuizen’s translation of The Baboon King by Anton Quintana won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1999. He has also translated Falling (Vallen) by Anne Provoost and What About Anna? (En Met Anna?) by Jan Simoen. Born in the Netherlands, John later emigrated to Australia, where he now makes his home in Melbourne.
Copyright
Text copyright © 2001 by Anne Provoost
Translation copyright © 2004 by John Nieuwenhuizen
Cover design and collage by Elizabeth B. Parisi.
Rain image from Steve Bloom/Alamy Images;
Figure imagery by Frederic Leighton from Manchester Art Gallery/Bridgeman Art Library and Sotheby’s, London.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Provoost, Anne, 1964—
[Arkvaarders. English]
In the Shadow of the Ark / Anne Provoost ; translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-439-44234-6
I. Nieuwenhuizen, John. II. Title.
PT6466.26.R68A75 2004
839.3’1364—dc21 2003009622
First edition, August 2004
The translation of this publication is funded by the Flemish Literature Fund
(Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren — www.fondsvoordeletteren.be).
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