Outerbridge Reach (Paperback)
| Author: Robert Stone |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-10: 0395938945
ISBN-13: 9780395938942
Sku: 30372513
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Pages:
409
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That winter was the warmest in a hundred years. There were uneasy jokes about the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect. The ambiguity of the weather made time seem slack and the year seem spineless. The absent season was a distraction. People looked up from their lives. (from the first line)
| A New York Times bestseller with 90,000 hardcover copies sold, Outerbridge Reach is distinguished writer Robert Stone's latest literary triumph--a towering story of a man pitting himself against the sea, against society, and against himself. "An intensely dramatic story".--New York Times. |
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In this towering story about a man pitting himself against the sea, against society, and against himself, Robert Stone again demonstrates that he is "one of the most impressive novelists of his generation" (New York Review of Books). Inviting comparison with the great sea novels of Conrad, Melville, and Hemingway, Outerbridge Reach is also the portrait of two men and the powerful, unforgettable woman they both love - and for whom they are both ready, in their very different ways, to stake everything. As the San Francisco Chronicle said, "Robert Stone asks questions of our time few writers could imagine and answers them in narratives few readers will ever quite forget." |
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Owen Browne, a Vietnam vet, embarks on a solo sail around the world, hoping to prove his courage and heroism and find out some things about himself. He is not an expert sailor, and to complicate matters further he is filming his voyage while, on land, a documentary filmmaker conducts interviews and shoots footage that will supplement Owen's work. In the process, the filmmaker falls in love with Owen's wife while, at sea, Owen and the sailboat become increasingly endangered. Stone's story, quite obviously influenced by the tales of Melville, Conrad, and Hemingway, has been called one of the great American sea novels.
Owen Browne, a Vietnam vet, embarks on a solo sail around the world, hoping to prove his courage and heroism and find out some things about himself. He is not an expert sailor, and to complicate matters further he is filming his voyage while, on land, a documentary filmmaker conducts interviews and shoots footage that will supplement Owen's work. In the process, the filmmaker falls in love with Owen's wife while, at sea, Owen and the sailboat become increasingly endangered. Stone's story, quite obviously influenced by the tales of Melville, Conrad, and Hemingway, has been called one of the great American sea novels.
Author Bio
Robert Stone
Born in New York City and reared in Brooklyn, Robert Stone attended NYU and Stanford University. He has acknowledged the influences of Hemingway and the Beats on his work. Known for his emphasis on down-and-out characters, one critic said of him, "He is the apostle of strung out."
Praise
Chicago Tribune
"A terrific novel....A play of skillful storytelling, worldly knowledge and bitter wit." - John Casey Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
"[Stone's] dialogue is word perfect. His prose catches the ceaseless rhythms of the sea, the uncertain murmurs of the heart." - Dan Cryer
"A terrific novel....A play of skillful storytelling, worldly knowledge and bitter wit." - John Casey Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
"[Stone's] dialogue is word perfect. His prose catches the ceaseless rhythms of the sea, the uncertain murmurs of the heart." - Dan Cryer
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