The Sea
- Publisher
- Quattro Books
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2010
- Category
- General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926802435
- Publish Date
- Oct 2010
- List Price
- $4.99
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Description
In The Sea, Amela Marin takes the universal story of Exodus and pares it down to a seemingly simple allegory, in which a mother places her two children in her pockets and attempts to leave her besieged city, walk across war-ravaged mountainsides, and reach the sea. What happens along the way makes The Sea an ode to the humanity inherent in us all, in our darkest moments.
About the author
Amela Marin is a writer and translator living in Toronto, where she moved from Sarajevo, Bosnia. She has translated plays, essays and poetry, and written essays and short stories. Her work has appeared in Salamagundi, TLS, The Paris Review, Canadian Forum, Meta, Gastronomica, and been broadcast on BBC Radio and Radio Netherlands.
Editorial Reviews
Amela Marin has written a parable of war that has all the force of Brecht and all the subtlety of Beckett.”