num_pages: 375
description: Winner of the 1989 National Book AwardA classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick Pierce, a commercial fisherman along the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. A kind, sensitive, family man, he is also prone to irascible outbursts against the people he must work for, now that he can no longer make his living from the sea.Pierce's one great passion, a fifty-foot fishing boat called Spartina, lies unfinished in his back yard. Determined to get the funds he needs to buy her engine, he finds himself taking a foolish, dangerous risk. But his real test comes when he must weather a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. Moving and poetic, Spartina is a masterly story of one man's ongoing struggle to find his place in the world.
language: English
title: Spartina
titlecomplete: Spartina
genres: American, Adult Fiction, The United States Of America, Novels, American Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 2234
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage