Leaving the Sea: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)

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Leaving the Sea: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)

By turns hilarious and heartfelt, dark and illuminative, Ben Marcusâ€™sÂ Leaving the SeaÂ is a ground breaking collection of stories from one of the single most vital, extraordinary, and unique writers of his generation.

In the heartfelt â€œI Can Say Many Nice Things,â€ a washed-up writer toying with infidelity leads a creative writing workshop on board a cruise ship. In the dystopian â€œRollingwood,â€ a divorced father struggles to take care of his ill infant, as his ex-wife and colleagues try to render him irrelevant. In â€œWatching Mysteries with My Mother,â€ a son meditates on his motherâ€™s mortality, hoping to stave off her death for as long as he sits by her side. And in the title story, told in a single breathtaking sentence, we watch as the narratorâ€™s marriage and his sanity unravel, drawing him to the brink of suicide.Â Surreal and tender, terrifying and life-affirming,Â Leaving the SeaÂ is the work of an utterly unique writer at the height of his powers.

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