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The sea

The sea

by John Banville

2005Man Booker Prize WinnerAgingWidowersDeathAutobiographical memory
3.5
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First lines

They departed, the gods, on the day of the strange tide.

They departed, the gods, on the day of the strange tide.

About this book

Following the death of his wife, Max Morden retreats to the seaside town of his childhood summers, where his own life becomes inextricably entwined with the members of the vacationing Grace family.

Themes & subjects

Man Booker Prize WinnerAgingWidowersDeathAutobiographical memoryIrish Psychological fiction
First published 2005

Setting

England

About the author

John Banville

1945

Author

John Banville

First published

2005

Pages

233

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

16

Languages

English, und, German

Publisher

Picador

ISBN

9781447202844

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