The release date for the English version of 'Ocean Sea' by
Alessandro Baricco is Jun 2000. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The worldwide bestseller Silk's author's eerie, thrilling story of revenge and love surges with the magnetic force of the ocean.
Alessandro Baricco tells a captivating postmodern tale in Ocean water about human suffering—psychological, existential, and sensual—and how the water may save us. An artist paints a picture of the sea by dipping his brush into a cup of ocean water at the isolated beachside hotel Almayer Inn. A scientist writes love letters to an unidentified lady. An adulterous woman looks for escape from her tendency to fall in love. Furthermore, a sixteen-year-old girl seeks treatment for an enigmatic ailment for which science has not been able to find a solution. These people's fortunes start to intersect as if on purpose when they cross paths. A powerful storm and a spectral sailor filled with a desire for retribution soon arrive, turning the inn into a battlefield where fate and desire clash. Novel of remarkable inventiveness and insight, Ocean Sea is playful, provocative, and ultimately deep.