The Preservationist is a novel that retells the Biblical story of the Flood and Noah’s Ark. The author is David Maine. I love this portion, spoken by the character of Ilya, daughter-in-law of Noah [or “Noe” as he is called by Maine]:“Men are so amusing. Show them a pack of wolves, dominated by the males, and they will say, See? It is natural for men to rule. Fine. But produce a beehive, controlled by the queen, with males used for menial labor, and they protest, Human beings are not insects. Yes, well.”
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