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Ocean Sea

Full title: Ocean Sea
ISBN: 9780375404238
ISBN 10: 0375404236
Authors: Baricco, Alessandro
Publisher: KNOPF.
Edition: 1st American ed
Num. pages: 241
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 1999

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Synopsis

A Novel On A Group Of Guests In A Resort By The Sea, Tracing Their Lives And The Fate That Awaits Them-- Including Love And Murder. Among The Guests Are A Painter, A Philosopher, Two Women, A Priest And A Mysterious Sailor. By An Italian Writer, Author Of Silk. A Postmodern Fable Of Human Malady And The Sea As A Means Of Deliverance. When His Characters Check Into A Remote Shoreline Hotel, Their Fates Begin To Interact As If By Design. -- Back Cover. Alessandro Baricco ; Translated From The Italian By Alastair Mcewen. A Borzoi Book--t.p. Verso.