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Spartina - (Vintage Contemporaries) by John Casey (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Winner of the 1989 National Book Award A classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick Pierce, a commercial fisherman along the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay.
- National Book Awards (Fiction) 1989 1st Winner
- About the Author: John Casey is the author of The Half-life of Happiness, naow available in hardcover from Knopf.
- 384 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Vintage Contemporaries
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About the Book
A Narragansett Bay fisherman is obsessed with an unfinished 50-foot boat called SPARTINA. Determined to find the funds to buy her an engine, he takes a foolish risk. But his real test comes when he must weather a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. Moving and poetic, SPARTINA is a masterly story of one man's ongoing struggle to find his place in the world.Book Synopsis
Winner of the 1989 National Book Award A classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick Pierce, a commercial fisherman along the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. A kind, sensitive, family man, he is also prone to irascible outbursts against the people he must work for, now that he can no longer make his living from the sea. Pierce's one great passion, a fifty-foot fishing boat called Spartina, lies unfinished in his back yard. Determined to get the funds he needs to buy her engine, he finds himself taking a foolish, dangerous risk. But his real test comes when he must weather a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. Moving and poetic, Spartina is a masterly story of one man's ongoing struggle to find his place in the world.About the Author
John Casey is the author of The Half-life of Happiness, naow available in hardcover from Knopf.Dimensions (Overall): 7.98 Inches (H) x 5.17 Inches (W) x .82 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: John Casey
Language: English
Street Date: April 28, 1998
TCIN: 93734913
UPC: 9780375702686
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-6224
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.6 pounds
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