Beyond the Sea
by Paul Lynch
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Pub Date 29 Aug 2019 | Archive Date 7 Jun 2019
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Description
From the award-winning author of Grace (Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2018) comes this powerful, devastating, and redemptive novel.
Fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, but soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by a sudden storm. As the days pass and no rescue materialises, the two men must come to terms with their environment, and with each other, if they are to survive.
Part gripping survival story, part fearless existential parable, Beyond the Sea is a meditation on what it means to be a man, a friend, a father and a sinner in our fallen world. As deep and timeless as the sea, this novel sits squarely in the tradition of Camus, Borges, Joyce, Beckett, and McCarthy.
Advance Praise
Praise for Grace:
‘A profound and unusual coming-of-age story.’ Sunday Times
‘A shudderingly well written, dead-real, hallucinatory trip across Famine Ireland.’ Emma Donoghue, author of Room
'Lynch's book is a celebration of the human spirit in even the most trying of circumstances and the steps we take to ensure our survival.’ Irish Independent
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781786076489 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Wendy S, Reviewer
"Beyond the Sea" introduces us to Bolivar and Hector during a punishing voyage of endurance, on which they experience an unexpected metamorphosis and extreme mindfulness that will immerse your core and wring it dry.
These two South American fishermen flounder on an endless swell of resistance and surrender, its briny depths summoning countless trials to fluster their souls.
Settling into the erratic rhythm of an unwelcome reality, their already strained relationship is further distressed by overexposure to the elements and each other’s company.
Proving to be both merciless and charitable, the ocean becomes a rolling, heaving crossing to self-illumination, with mellow narration perfectly complementing its profound undertow. I can only compare it to a veteran storyteller calmly sharing a deeply affecting account with a hopeful audience of one.
An intense story of how it is to be every kind of lost, and what it takes to find yourself again.
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