The Voyage of the Narwhal: A Novel

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Synopsis
"A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review An intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the fallacy of discovery, and the inevitable costs of ambition from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award.The Narwhal has a simple mission: to find the remains—human and material—of a disappeared ship. But its rash and obsessive young commander, Zeke Voorhees, has ulterior motives that may spell doom for the Narwhal and its crew. His soon-to-be brother-in-law, scholar-naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells, may be the only one aboard who can alter their fate. Back in Philadelphia, the women left behind make journeys of the imagination as they await the Narwhal’s return. Wielding her signature lyrical and precise style, Andrea Barrett unravels the mid-nineteenth-century American romance with the Arctic in a "genuine page turner that long lingers in the mind" (Philip Graham, Chicago Tribune).
Copyright:
2013

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780393347210
Related ISBNs:
9780393319507
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
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Copyrighted By:
Andrea Barrett
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Bookshare Staff
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