
2005 Longlist
The Marriage of the Sea
ABOUT
THE BOOK
In a damp Venetian palace, Oswaldo contemplates the ravages of time to his body and his beloved city, and dreams up a way to hold mortality at bay. In New York, Lach steps out into the crisp, clear night to savour his new freedom, having just dropped Vera to join his new love, Francesca, in Venice. In rainy London, Max packs for a precipitous move to New Orleans, in pursuit of Lucinde, a woman he barely knows. From New Orleans, Lucinde flies to the aid and comfort of Vera, who, betrayal or no, has accepted a grant to go paint in . . . Venice. And elsewhere in the Crescent City, Anton, leaving to seek his big break in that other renowned city of water-Venice, of course-sketches a good-bye upon the slumbering body of his wife, Josephine.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Date published
27/01/2025
Country
Australia
Original Language
English
Publisher
Farrar
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