Tales of the New World
By: Sabina Murray
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Black Cat; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780802170835
Subjects: Voyages and travels; American Short stories; Social isolation; Discovery and exploration; Explorers; Fiction
Description: A latest collection of 10 high-seas and "dark continent" adventures by the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Caprices is inspired by the ambitions and controversies surrounding some of history's most intrepid pioneers, including Ferdinand Magellan and Zimri Coffin. Original.
Table of contents: title: Fish --; title: Translation --; title: Paradise --; title: The solace of monsters --; title: His actual mark --; title: Full circle thrice --; title: Periplus --; title: Balboa --; title: Last days --; title: On Sakhalin.