Ocean Sea - (Vintage International) by Alessandro Baricco (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical.
- About the Author: Alessandro Baricco has won numerous literary awards in Italy and France.
- 256 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Vintage International
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About the Book
In this novel, the author of "Silk" presents a hypnotizing post-modern fable of human malady and the sea as a means of deliverance. The tale swirls around characters whose fates intertwine at a remote shoreline inn, amid a mighty tempest and ghostly mariner with a thirst for vengeance.Book Synopsis
"Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical."--The New York Times Book Review With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature. In Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco presents a hypnotizing postmodern fable of human malady--psychological, existential, erotic--and the sea as a means of deliverance. At the Almayer Inn, a remote shoreline hotel, an artist dips his brush in a cup of ocean water to paint a portrait of the sea. A scientist pens love letters to a woman he has yet to meet. An adulteress searches for relief from her proclivity to fall in love. And a sixteen-year-old girl seeks a cure from a mysterious condition which science has failed to remedy. When these people meet, their fates begin to interact as if by design. Enter a mighty tempest and a ghostly mariner with a thirst for vengeance, and the Inn becomes a place where destiny and desire battle for the upper hand. Playful, provocative, and ultimately profound, Ocean Sea is a novel of striking originality and wisdom.Review Quotes
"Ocean Sea has the air of a long-established classic."--Salon "Alessandro Baricco is a novelist who weaves words into a fabric as delicate as Venetian lace."--Chicago Tribune "The remarkable Baricco is artistic kin to his compatriot, Roberto Calasso. Both are originals; both weave patterns of myth and human story and the airy and earthly connections between them." --Los Angeles Times
About the Author
Alessandro Baricco has won numerous literary awards in Italy and France. He lives in Turin, Italy.Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Vintage International
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Alessandro Baricco
Language: English
Street Date: June 27, 2000
TCIN: 92118981
UPC: 9780375703959
Item Number (DPCI): 247-14-5360
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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