Leaving the sea : stories

Marcus, Ben 1967- (Author).

Summary: A collection of life-affirming tales includes the dystopian "Rollingwood," in which a divorced father struggles with employment while caring for an ailing infant; and the title story, in which a narrator's marriage and sanity unravel in a single breathless sentence.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307379382 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0307379388 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780307739988 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 0307739988 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780385350433 (electronic)
Physical Description: print
vii, 273 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. Selected stories were previously published (2000-2013).
Formatted Contents Note:	1. What have you done? -- I can say many nice things -- The dark arts -- Rollingwood -- 2. On not growing up -- My views on the darkness -- 3. Watching mysteries with my mother -- The loyalty protocol -- 4. The father costume -- 5. First love -- Fear the morning -- Origins of the family -- Against attachment -- Leaving the sea -- 6. The moors.