Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett
The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams. In "Ship Fever," the title novella, a young Canadian doctor finds himself at the center of one of history's most tragic epidemics. In "The English Pupil," Linnaeus, in old age, watches as the world he organized within his head slowly drifts beyond his reach. And in "The Littoral Zone," two marine biologists wonder whether their life-altering affair finally was worth it. In the tradition of Alice Munro and William Trevor, these exquisitely rendered fictions encompass whole lives in a brief space. As they move between interior and exterior journeys, "science is transformed from hard and known fact into malleable, strange and thrilling fictional material" (Boston Globe).
[Andrea Barrett's] work stands out for its sheer intelligence, its painstaking attempt to discern and describe the world's configurationThe overall effect is quietly dazzling. -- Thomas Mallon - New York Times Book Review
Andrea Barrett is the author of Natural History, the National Book Award-winning Ship Fever, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Servants of the Map, among other works of fiction. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Award, she lives in the Adirondacks.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781324036012 |
| ISBN 10 | 132403601X |
| Title | Ship Fever |
| Author | Andrea Barrett |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2022-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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