{"product_id":"leaving-the-sea-paperback","title":"Leaving the Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcus's \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the heartfelt \"I Can Say Many Nice Things,\" a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian \"Rollingwood,\" a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colleagues try to render him irrelevant. In \"Watching Mysteries with My Mother,\" a son meditates on his mother's mortality, hoping to stave off her death for as long as he sits by her side. And in the title story, told in a single breathtaking sentence, we watch as the narrator's marriage and his sanity unravel, drawing him to the brink of suicide. Surreal and tender, terrifying and life-affirming, \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Marcus is the author of three books of fiction: \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Wire and String, Notable American Women, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Flame Alphabet, \u003c\/i\u003eand he is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Anchor Book of New American Short Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's, The New Yorker, Granta, Electric Literature, The Paris Review, McSweeney's, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConjunctions.\u003c\/i\u003e He has received the Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in fiction, three Pushcart Prizes, and the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749923258656,"sku":"9780307739988","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51533c1d9c8f54bb907d9feb70de3e09.webp?v=1779940517","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/leaving-the-sea-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}