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The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories
Hardcover ? Import, 27 February 2018
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- Publisher : Dutton (27 February 2018)
- Language : English
- Pages : 240 pages
- ISBN-13 : 9781101986615
- Weight : 363 g
- Dimensions : 15.09 x 2.13 x 21.92 cm
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Average Rating:
3.3 rating based on 699 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1101986611
ISBN-13: 9781101986615
Goodreads: 35749439
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Published: //
Bewitching and playful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover explores hope, love, and loss across a series of surreal landscapes and wild metamorphoses. Just because Jenny was born without a head doesn't mean she isn't still annoying to her older brother, and just because the Man of the Future's carefully planned extramarital affair ends in alien abduction and network fame doesn't mean he can't still pine for his absent wife. Romping through the fantastic with big-hearted ease, these stories cut to the core of what it means to navigate family, faith, and longing, whether in the form of a lovesick kraken slowly dragging a ship of sailors into the sea, a small town euthanizing its grandfathers in a time-honored ritual, or a third-grade field trip learning that time travel is even more wondrous--and more perilous--than they might imagine.
Andreasen's stories are simultaneously daring and deeply familiar, unfolding in wildly inventive worlds that convey our common yearning for connection and understanding. With a captivating new voice from an incredible author, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover uses the supernatural and extraordinary to expose us at our most human.
Our fathers at sea --
Bodies in space --
The sea beast takes a lover --
The king's teacup at rest --
He is the rainstorm and the sandstorm, hallelujah, hallelujah --
Rockabye, Rocketboy --
The saints in the parlor --
Andy, lord of ruin --
Jenny --
Rite of baptism --
Blunderbuss
3.3 rating based on 699 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1101986611
ISBN-13: 9781101986615
Goodreads: 35749439
Author(s):
Published: //
Bewitching and playful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover explores hope, love, and loss across a series of surreal landscapes and wild metamorphoses. Just because Jenny was born without a head doesn't mean she isn't still annoying to her older brother, and just because the Man of the Future's carefully planned extramarital affair ends in alien abduction and network fame doesn't mean he can't still pine for his absent wife. Romping through the fantastic with big-hearted ease, these stories cut to the core of what it means to navigate family, faith, and longing, whether in the form of a lovesick kraken slowly dragging a ship of sailors into the sea, a small town euthanizing its grandfathers in a time-honored ritual, or a third-grade field trip learning that time travel is even more wondrous--and more perilous--than they might imagine.
Andreasen's stories are simultaneously daring and deeply familiar, unfolding in wildly inventive worlds that convey our common yearning for connection and understanding. With a captivating new voice from an incredible author, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover uses the supernatural and extraordinary to expose us at our most human.
Our fathers at sea --
Bodies in space --
The sea beast takes a lover --
The king's teacup at rest --
He is the rainstorm and the sandstorm, hallelujah, hallelujah --
Rockabye, Rocketboy --
The saints in the parlor --
Andy, lord of ruin --
Jenny --
Rite of baptism --
Blunderbuss
