On the Eighth Day Author:Antonine Maillet "On the seventh day, God rested." He'd had a busy week, forming the earth and everything in it and creating Adam and Eve. But a week is only a week. No wonder our world has so many loose ends. In On the Eighth Day, Antonine Maillet imagines a solution: a wider and more exuberant world created on "the day when everything is dared and anything is ... more »possible." She spins a tale of two brothers -- a giant carved from an oak tree and a scamp shaped out of bread dough -- who set off to seek their fortunes. Wending their way through unforgettable lands -- the Timeless Village, the Upside-Down Town, the Path of the Vicious Circle -- they make many strange friends. But wherever Life leads them, Death lurks close behind.« less