{"product_id":"the-surfacing-9781934137925","title":"The Surfacing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Irish novelist Cormac James's \"vivid, hypnotic, and acutely piercing\" (Colum McCann) North American debut, a ship's lieutenant discovers a stowaway, pregnant with his child, while battling crushing Arctic ice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary novel, combining a powerful narrative with a considered and poetic use of language. . . . Reading the book, I recalled the dramatic natural landscape of Jack London and the wild untamed seas of William Golding.\" --\u003cb\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from civilization, on the hunt for Sir John Franklin's recently lost Northwest Passage expedition, Lieutenant Morgan and his crew find themselves trapped in ever-hardening Arctic ice that threatens to break apart their ship. When Morgan realizes that a stowaway will give birth to his child in the frozen wilderness, he finds new clarity and courage to lead his men across a bleak expanse as shifting, stubborn, and treacherous as human nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA harrowing tale of psychological fortitude against impossible odds, \u003ci\u003eThe Surfacing\u003c\/i\u003e is also a beautifully told story of one man's transformative journey toward fatherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCormac James\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cork, Ireland, and lives in Montpellier, France, with his wife and son. \u003ci\u003eThe Surfacing\u003c\/i\u003e is his North American debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bellevue Literary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476226773266,"sku":"9781934137925","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11f132d7-421d-4484-b4cd-48c05ac648f6.jpg?v=1730246102","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-surfacing-9781934137925","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}