Because of the doctor's influence, Buz expresses many Christian ideas and values, causing minor conflict between the two. Buz gains the ability to speak after Cohn discovers a mechanical apparatus surgically embedded in his throat, put there by the ape's previous owner, Dr. Cohn finds him stowed away on the vessel shortly after the deluge, and the two bond out of necessity. Buz (originally named Gottlob) – Cohn's chimpanzee companion and adopted son.Cohn surfaces after a deep-sea excavation to discover that it is the end of the world, and is informed by God that his survival is an inconsequential, "minuscule error." Born Seymour Cohn to Jewish parents, including a cantor/ rabbi, he changed his name when he gave up the path to clergyship in order to pursue science. Calvin Cohn – the novel's protagonist.The book is divided into six parts, The Flood, Cohn's Island, The Schooltree, The Virgin in the Trees, The Voice of the Prophet and God's Mercy.Ĭharacters Main characters The novel focuses on Calvin Cohn, the supposed sole survivor of thermonuclear war and God's second Flood, who attempts to rebuild and perfect civilization amongst the primates that make their way onto a tropical island. God's Grace is the final novel (his eighth) written by American author Bernard Malamud, published in 1982 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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