Voyage along the horizon / by Javier Marias ; translated from the Spanish by Kristina Cordero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marías, Javier.

Contributor:

Cordero, Kristina, 1971-

Standardized Title:

Travesía del horizonte. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Explorers--Antarctica--Fiction.

Explorers.

Antarctica--Fiction.

Antarctica.

Genre:

Fiction.

Adventure fiction.

Sea stories.

Novels.

Physical Description:

182 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Believer Books, [2006]

Summary:

"Voyage Along the Horizon" revolves around an intrepid expedition: the eccentric, wealthy Captain Kerrigan, an attractive man with a shadowy past, organizes a trip to Antarctica for a select group of writers, artists, and scientists. Amid sudden kidnappings, torrid manuscripts, Edwardian spinsters, and lethal duels, this seafaring tale is also a narrative of psychology, obsession, the writer' s craft, and human nature, all of which Marí as has wrapped up in an evocative, nostalgic novel that is both witty and dark. Fascinated by the question of uncertainty, Marí as eschews the solution and prefers to revel in the narrative process itself, and asks the reader to consider the possibility that the truth as we know it isn' t nearly as interesting as its own shadow.

Notes:

Translation of Travesía del horizonte.

ISBN:

1932416404

1932416188

OCLC:

66144036

Publisher Number:

9781932416404