{"product_id":"sea-lovers-selected-stories-paperback","title":"Sea Lovers: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve extraordinary short stories from the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e that explore human morality and our shared losses and joys, shifting from realism to myth, from the Louisiana bayou to the streets of Rome and beyond. - \"Complex and wonderful.... A long, cool drink of water.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these stories, Martin mines her three literary preoccupations--animals, artists, and metamorphoses--to unforgettable effect. In \"The Consolation of Nature,\" a family battles a giant rat that has invaded their home. \"The Open Door\" follows an American poet in Rome, forced to choose between her lover and a world so new it takes her breath away. In \"Et in Academic Ego,\" a seventeen-year-old bayou orphan falls in love with a centaur who transforms her life. And the title story conjures up a hideous mermaid who fatally seduces a fisherman. Sophisticated, incisive, deeply felt and always surprising, \u003ci\u003eSea Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the enduring work of an indispensable writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVALERIE MARTIN is the author of eleven novels, four collections of short fiction, and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled \u003ci\u003eSalvation.\u003c\/i\u003e She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e) and Britain's Orange Prize (for \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749686837536,"sku":"9780307739551","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be71ebf8e54cc5894d225a24b6252141.webp?v=1779936282","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sea-lovers-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}