Ocean Sea
Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on June 27, 2000, is a reprint edition comprising 256 pages. This novel presents a postmodern fable that explores themes of human malady—psychological, existential, and erotic—set against the backdrop of the sea as a means of deliverance. The narrative unfolds at the Almayer Inn, a remote hotel by the shore, where various characters, including an artist, a scientist, and an adulteress, converge, each seeking resolution to their personal struggles.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of interactions as the characters’ fates intertwine, influenced by a tempest and a ghostly mariner. The story delves into the complexities of desire and destiny, offering a unique blend of magical realism and literary depth. Ocean Sea invites exploration of profound themes while maintaining a playful and provocative tone, making it a notable work within contemporary literature.
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“Exotic…erotic… Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical.”–The New York Times Book Review
With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature.
In Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco presents a hypnotizing postmodern fable of human malady–psychological, existential, erotic–and the sea as a means of deliverance. At the Almayer Inn, a remote shoreline hotel, an artist dips his brush in a cup of ocean water to paint a portrait of the sea. A scientist pens love letters to a woman he has yet to meet. An adulteress searches for relief from her proclivity to fall in love. And a sixteen-year-old girl seeks a cure from a mysterious condition which science has failed to remedy. When these people meet, their fates begin to interact as if by design. Enter a mighty tempest and a ghostly mariner with a thirst for vengeance, and the Inn becomes a place where destiny and desire battle for the upper hand. Playful, provocative, and ultimately profound, Ocean Sea is a novel of striking originality and wisdom.
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