Leaving the Sea Stories
Leaving the Sea Stories by Ben Marcus is a collection published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on October 7, 2014. This edition contains 288 pages and is presented in English. The book features a range of narratives that blend humor and poignancy, exploring the complexities of human experience through a variety of characters and situations.
Readers will encounter stories that delve into themes of creativity, personal struggle, and existential reflection. In “I Can Say Many Nice Things,” a writer grapples with infidelity while leading a workshop on a cruise ship. The collection also includes “Rollingwood,” where a father faces the challenges of caring for an ill child amidst personal turmoil, and “Watching Mysteries with My Mother,” which contemplates mortality and familial bonds. The title story presents a gripping narrative that captures the unraveling of a marriage and mental stability, showcasing Marcus’s distinctive voice and psychological depth throughout this literary work.
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By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcus’s Leaving the Sea is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.
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, Leaving the Sea is the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers.
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