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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
May 1, 2003
Pages
233
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780812968453
ISBN-10
081296845X
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Sent to Anchorage, Alaska, to establish an observatory in 1915, a young scientist finds himself unprepared for the loneliness of a frontier railroad town and becomes driven by his all-consuming love for an enigmatic woman.
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A novel of passions both dangerous and generative, The Seal Wife explores the nature of desire and its ability to propel an individual beyond himself and outside convention. Kathryn Harrison brilliantly re-creates the Alaskan frontier during the period of the First World War as she explores with deep understanding the interior landscape of the human psycheâa landscape eerily continuous with the splendor and terror of the frozen frontier and the storms that blow over the earth and its face.
A novel of passions both dangerous and generative, The Seal Wife explores the nature of desire and its ability to propel an individual beyond himself and outside convention. Kathryn Harrison brilliantly re-creates the Alaskan frontier during the period of the First World War as she explores with deep understanding the interior landscape of the human psycheâa landscape eerily continuous with the splendor and terror of the frozen frontier and the storms that blow over the earth and its face.
Editions
Hardcover
from Random House Inc (May 1, 2002)
9780375506291 | details & prices | 224 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.87 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Sent north to Anchorage, Alaska, to establish an observatory in 1915, Bigelow, a young scientist, finds himself unprepared for the loneliness of a frontier railroad town and becomes driven by his all-consuming love for an enigmatic woman known as the Aleut.
About: Sent north to Anchorage, Alaska, to establish an observatory in 1915, Bigelow, a young scientist, finds himself unprepared for the loneliness of a frontier railroad town and becomes driven by his all-consuming love for an enigmatic woman known as the Aleut.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (May 1, 2003)
9780812968453 | details & prices | 233 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Sent to Anchorage, Alaska, to establish an observatory in 1915, a young scientist finds himself unprepared for the loneliness of a frontier railroad town and becomes driven by his all-consuming love for an enigmatic woman.
About: Sent to Anchorage, Alaska, to establish an observatory in 1915, a young scientist finds himself unprepared for the loneliness of a frontier railroad town and becomes driven by his all-consuming love for an enigmatic woman.
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