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Highlights
- An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.
- About the Author: Peter Matthiessen was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950.
- 416 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.Book Synopsis
An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself. "Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them." --NewsweekAbout the Author
Peter Matthiessen was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950. The following year, he was a founder of The Paris Review. Besides At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for the National Book Award, he has published six other works of fiction, including Far Tortuga and Killing Mister Watson. Mr. Matthiessen's parallel career as a naturalist and explorer has resulted in numerous widely acclaimed books of nonfiction, among them The Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and The Snow Leopard, which won it. He died in 2014.Dimensions (Overall): 8.08 Inches (H) x 5.25 Inches (W) x .78 Inches (D)
Weight: .77 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Peter Matthiessen
Language: English
Street Date: January 12, 1988
TCIN: 1003465012
UPC: 9780394756677
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-6045
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.77 pounds
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