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"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.
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Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2000
- Bindwijze
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- Ocean Sea
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Alessandro Baricco
- Uitgever
- Vintage
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2000
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0375703950
- ISBN13
- 9780375703959
- Reeks
- Categorieën
- Tags
- Historisch thema, Psychologische thema’s, Detectiveverhalen, Filosofisch thema, Kunst, Liefde, Spiritualiteit en religie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Korte Verhalen, Vriendschap, Relaties, Dood, Zuid-Europa, Italië, 19e Eeuw, Engeland, Geheimen, Emoties, Italiaanse literatuur, Mysterieus, Angst, Geluk, Magisch realisme, Zeeën en oceanen, Dromen, Lot, Ontrouw, Zen, Veroudering, Menselijke lotgevallen, Postmoderne literatuur, Melancholie, Nederlands, Filosofische fictie
- Aantekening
- "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.