Down to a soundless sea / Thomas Steinbeck.
Seven stories of the influence of nature on the sailors, immigrants, and others who dwell on the edge of a frontier of Northern California.
Record details
- ISBN: 0345455770 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xvi, 283 pages : map ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2003.
- Copyright: ©2002
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Formatted Contents Note: | Night guide -- Wool gatherer -- Blind luck -- An unbecoming grace -- Dark watcher -- Blighted cargo -- Sing Fat and the Imperial Duchess of Woo. |
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Subject: | Sailors > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life > Fiction. California, Northern > Fiction. |
Genre: | Short stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- Baker & Taylor
Drawing on the culture and history of northern California, this debut collection of short fiction--by the son of the legendary John Steinbeck--captures a world in which nature has a profound influence on the human characters--sailors, immigrants, ranchers, doctors, and others--who dwell on the edge of a frontier. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. - Random House, Inc.
Here is an unprecedented fiction debut that is cause for celebration. Growing up in a family that valued the art of storytelling and the power of oral history, Thomas Steinbeck now follows in his fatherâs footsteps with a brilliant story collection. Down to a Soundless Sea resonates with the rich history and culture of California, recalling vivid details of life in Monterey County from the turn of the century through the 1930s. Steinbeck accomplishes an amazing feat: his stories have the feel of classic literature, but his haunting voice, forceful narrative drive, and dazzling imagery are unmistakably his own.
In seven stories, Steinbeck traces the fates and dreams of an eccentric cast of characters, from sailors and ranchers, to doctors and immigrantsâas each struggles to carve out a living in the often inhospitable environment of rocky cliffs, crashing surf, and rough patches of land along the California coast and the Big Sur. In âBlind Luck,â a wayward orphan finds his calling at sea, only to learn that life must concede to the whims of authority and the ravages of nature. In âDark Watcher,â with the country at the start of the Great Depression, a professor craves a plausible discovery to boost his academic standingâand encounters the Indian myth of a shadowed horsemen that may ruin his career. âAn Unbecoming Graceâ tracks the route of a country physician who cares for an ill-tempered curâbut feels more concern for the well-being of the patientâs beleaguered young wife. The collection concludes with âSing Fat and the Imperial Duchess of Woo,â a novella that follows the tragic love story between a young apothecary and the woman he hopes to marry.
Deeply felt and richly imagined, full of compelling drama and historical authenticity, Down to a Soundless Sea heralds the arrival of a bold new voice in fiction. Thomas Steinbeck has written stories as memorable and rugged as the coastline that inspired them.