Download or read book The Book of the River written by Ian Watson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river cuts right across the known world, from the impassable Far Precipices to the sea. The people on one bank are cut off from those on the other, for the black current has the power to stop them crossing. Only women can travel repeatedly up and down the river, but when Yaleen joins the boating guild and becomes a riverwoman, she is singled out to follow an even more extraordinary path...