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The Sea

by BANVILLE, John

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NY: Knopf, 2006. The Proof copy of this year's surprise winner of the Booker Prize. Proof states on front cover that it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize -- so this was released before the book won the award. . Proof. Printed Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

Synopsis

John Banville is an Irish novelist and screenwriter born in 1945. He sometimes writes under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. His eighteenth novel, The Sea, won the Man Booker Prize in 2005. Banville is known for the dark humor of his arch narrators and his cold, inventive prose style. In this novel, Banville's main character is Max Morden, an art historian, who has recently suffered the demise of his beloved wife Anna. It is a journey back down the earliest roadways and alleys of Max's memory. Intertwined within this story are Max’s memories of his wife, Anna and of their life together; his relationship with his grown daughter, Claire, who is desperate to pull him from his grief; and with the other boarders at the house where he is staying, where the past beats inside him “like a second heart.” John Banville, famous for his poetic language, now gives us a uniquely reflective novel about loss, love and the transfiguring power of memory.  

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Title
The Sea
Author
BANVILLE, John
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
Proof
Publisher
Knopf
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
2006
Keywords
Man Booker Prize
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