{"product_id":"the-sea-john-banville-9781400097029","title":"The Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- An \"extraordinary meditation on mortality, grief, death, childhood and memory\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today) \u003c\/i\u003eabout a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside to grieve the loss of his wife. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this luminous novel, John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child to cope with the recent loss of his wife. It is also a return to the place where he met the Graces, the well-heeled family with whom he experienced the strange suddenness of both love and death for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Max comes to understand about the past, and about its indelible effects on him, is at the center of this elegiac, gorgeously written novel--among the finest we have had from this masterful writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Banville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400097029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400097029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e103447 \/ Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/20\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055447077119,"sku":"9781400097029","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f4eb899-364d-4ca5-9f67-4bddc4077154.jpg?v=1685035820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sea-john-banville-9781400097029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}