{"product_id":"sea-lovers-valerie-martin-9780307739551","title":"Sea Lovers: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwelve extraordinary short stories from the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e that explore human morality and our shared losses and joys, shifting from realism to myth, from the Louisiana bayou to the streets of Rome and beyond. - \"Complex and wonderful.... A long, cool drink of water.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these stories, Martin mines her three literary preoccupations--animals, artists, and metamorphoses--to unforgettable effect. In \"The Consolation of Nature,\" a family battles a giant rat that has invaded their home. \"The Open Door\" follows an American poet in Rome, forced to choose between her lover and a world so new it takes her breath away. In \"Et in Academic Ego,\" a seventeen-year-old bayou orphan falls in love with a centaur who transforms her life. And the title story conjures up a hideous mermaid who fatally seduces a fisherman. Sophisticated, incisive, deeply felt and always surprising, \u003ci\u003eSea Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the enduring work of an indispensable writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307739554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307739551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Valerie Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946416767231,"sku":"9780307739551","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_273cb36b-26ee-4322-ad4f-060c6bffbdb2.jpg?v=1681513025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sea-lovers-valerie-martin-9780307739551","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}