{"product_id":"the-sea-beast-takes-a-michael-andreasen-9781101986639","title":"The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This debut author rightfully earns his place on the storytelling totem pole with this wildly original short story collection.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDazzling and delightful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Beast Takes a Lover e\u003c\/i\u003explores family, faith, and longing through a kaleidoscope of surreal landscapes and spellbinding characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndreasen's stories unfold in wildly inventive worlds that invite the supernatural into our familiar routines: in \"Bodies in Space,\" an extramarital affair is rudely interrupted by an alien abduction, while in \"Blunderbuss,\" a third-grade class takes an ill-advised field trip to a floundering time travel institute. \"Jenny\" follows a reluctant caretaker's attempts to manage his kind-hearted headless sister, and in the title story, a group of sailors find their ship commandeered by an aggressively lovestruck kraken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRomping through the fantastic with bighearted ease, these stories uncover a universal yearning for connection in seldom-explored spaces, revealing that aliens can help us think about loss, that time travel is just another way to talk about guilt, and that sea monsters may have a thing or two to teach us about love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a captivating new voice from an immensely talented storyteller, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Beast Takes a Lover\u003c\/i\u003e uses the odd, the extraordinary, and the miraculous to expose us at our most profoundly and hilariously human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Andreasen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101986638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101986639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Michael Andreasen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43924017840383,"sku":"9781101986639","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e2e71daf-c821-4753-9b0d-9b088524289c.jpg?v=1681067997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sea-beast-takes-a-michael-andreasen-9781101986639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}