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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Granta Books
Publication date
March 6, 2014
Pages
288
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781847086358
ISBN-10
1847086357
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$26.30
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcusâs Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.
In the heartfelt âI Can Say Many Nice Things,â a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian âRollingwood,â a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colleagues try to render him irrelevant. In âWatching Mysteries with My Mother,â a son meditates on his motherâs mortality, hoping to stave off her death for as long as he sits by her side. And in the title story, told in a single breathtaking sentence, we watch as the narratorâs marriage and his sanity unravel, drawing him to the brink of suicide. Surreal and tender, terrifying and life-affirming, Leaving the Sea is the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers.
In the heartfelt âI Can Say Many Nice Things,â a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian âRollingwood,â a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colleagues try to render him irrelevant. In âWatching Mysteries with My Mother,â a son meditates on his motherâs mortality, hoping to stave off her death for as long as he sits by her side. And in the title story, told in a single breathtaking sentence, we watch as the narratorâs marriage and his sanity unravel, drawing him to the brink of suicide. Surreal and tender, terrifying and life-affirming, Leaving the Sea is the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers.
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Hardcover
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from Granta Books (March 6, 2014)
9781847086358 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $26.30
About: By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcusâs Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.
About: By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcusâs Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.
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