Beyond the Sea

When fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, they soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by a sudden storm. As the days pass and no rescue materialises, the two men must come to terms with each other, and with their environment, if they are to survive.

Part gripping survival story, part fearless existential parable, Beyond the Sea is a meditation on what it means to be a man, a friend, a father and a sinner in our fallen world, a powerful and redemptive novel from a master of lyrical prose.

About the author

Paul Lynch is the author of the novels Red Sky in Morning, The Black Snow, Grace and Beyond the Sea. Grace won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2018 and was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2018. The Black Snow won France's Prix Libr'à Nous for Best Foreign Novel and was a finalist for the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (Best Foreign Book Prize). He lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. His website is www.paullynchwriter.com

Report

'A powerful, heart-breaking story of friendship forged in the most extreme conditions. With its echoes of Greek myth, it yields up those small moments of grace that are deeply transformative.'
Mary Costello, author of Academy Street

Product details

• Authors: Paul Lynch
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781786076502
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-650-2
• No. of pages: 181
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Latin America, FICTION / Literary, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Pacific Ocean, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary