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23 A Sharp Knife
24 Sunset
25 Midnight
26 Morning
Acknowledgements
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ARBOR HOUSE
NEW YORK
SCIENCE FICTION
Copyright ┬й 1984 by Gwyneth Jones First American
Edition 1987/
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction
in whole or in part in any form. Published in the United
States of America by Arbor House Publishing Company.
Manufactured in the United States of America
10 987654321
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Gwyneth A. Divine endurance.
I. Title.
PR6O6O.O5163D5 1987 ISBN 0-87795-856-4
823тАШ.914
86-17440


My dear Achmed тАФ When we were on our travels, PG
and I had an ignorant passion for mountains. We would
see, from the bus, an indigo cone rising out of the sawah
and the palm groves, near enough to touch тАФ Instantly
we were desperate to climb. So we would set out, on foot
into the green fields. Many hours later, hot and battered
and bitten: gorge-fallen, river-drowned, we would emerge
from our violent ascent and there would be the mountain,
 untouched, except perhaps now at a different angle, or
behind us. We would console ourselves for having
attempted the impossible and that night in the village
someone would tell us about the summit trip тАФ starting
from somewhere unexpected, miles away from our vision.
So we would go there, very dubiously, and then
everything fell into placeтАж Producing DE was just like
that, and I have the same feeling now: of astonishment
mixed with a definite resentment at having to give up my
glorious defeat. So I want to dedicate this book to you
(and one other) because you were there, and suffered far
above and beyond the calls of friendship at that first
absurd departure, years ago. Selamat. G.

For T. 27 Sept 1981. тАЬIn autumn, of all the seasonsтАФ тАЭ