Leaving the sea by ben marcus6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() And in the title story, told in a single breathtaking sentence, we watch as the narrator's marriage and his sanity unravel, drawing him to the brink of suicide.Surreal and tender, terrifying and life-affirming,Leaving the Seais the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers. In ' Watching Mysteries with My Mother,' a son meditates on his mother's mortality, hoping to stave off her death for as long as he sits by her side. ![]() ![]() In the dystopian ' Rollingwood,' a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colleagues try to render him irrelevant. Buy Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. Email or call to check availability and price. By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcus'sLeaving the Seais a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.In the heartfelt ' I Can Say Many Nice Things,' a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. Leaving the Sea: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback). Domestic dysfunction gets some techno-dystopian twists in Marcus’ third story collection (Leaving the Sea, 2014, etc.). ![]()
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