The Sea

John Banville

The Sea
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Published
15 August 2006
Pages
208
ISBN
9781400097029

The Sea

John Banville

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An extraordinary meditation on mortality, grief, death, childhood and memory (USA Today) about a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside to grieve the loss of his wife.

In this luminous novel, John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child to cope with the recent loss of his wife. It is also a return to the place where he met the Graces, the well-heeled family with whom he experienced the strange suddenness of both love and death for the first time.

What Max comes to understand about the past, and about its indelible effects on him, is at the center of this elegiac, gorgeously written novel-among the finest we have had from this masterful writer.

This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in approx 2 weeks

Our stock data is updated periodically, and availability may change throughout the day for in-demand items. Please call the relevant shop for the most current stock information. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to a wishlist.