Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus

Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus

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.

Famous American Women and The Age of Wire and String are both written by Ben Marcus. Grand Street, Harper's, McSweeney's, Conjunctions, and other publications have published his work. He is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia University and lives in New York City. He has received two Pushcart Awards, a Whiting Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

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ISBN 13	9780307739988
ISBN 10	0307739988
Title	Leaving the Sea
Author	Ben Marcus
Series	Vintage Contemporaries
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2014-10-07
Number of pages	288
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