{"product_id":"the-ordinary-seaman-paperback","title":"The Ordinary Seaman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancisco Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this acclaimed novel, the Pulitzer Prize-finalist explores the perils, passions, and adventures of a young Nicaraguan immigrant trapped in Brooklyn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980s, teenage Sandinista soldier and avowed communist Esteban Gaitán leaves Nicaragua to begin a new life in America. He soon arrives on a desolate Brooklyn pier with fourteen other men to form the crew of the ship Urus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias and Mark, the owners of the Urus, hold the men captive, forcing them to work in a vain attempt to make the rotting vessel seaworthy. Without the means to return home, Esteban remains a virtual prisoner, haunted by the loss of the woman he loved during the war. Eventually learning how to sneak off the ship, he makes nocturnal forays into Brooklyn, where he meets a Mexican immigrant named Joaquina, and begins to plot his permanent escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentering his novel around Esteban, but also telling the stories of his fellow landlocked sailors, Francisco Goldman proves once again that he is \"a major talent of great style and soul\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Often very funny . . . Here, a corner of Brooklyn becomes the exotic and foreign experience, and through Esteban's eyes it is as mysterious and alluring as Tangiers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancisco Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e has published five novels and two books of non-fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Long Night of White Chickens\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the American Academy's Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. His novels have been finalists for several prizes, including, twice, the Pen\/Faulkner Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Ordinary Seaman\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for The International IMPAC Dublin literary award. \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Husband\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for The Believer Book Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Political Murder\u003c\/i\u003e won The Index on Censorship T.R. Fyvel Book Award and The WOLA\/Duke Human Rights Book Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2013, was named by the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e one of 10 best books of the year and received The Blue Metropolis \"Premio Azul\" 2017. His novel \u003ci\u003eSay Her Name\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2011 Prix Femina étranger, and his most recent novel \u003ci\u003eMonkey Boy\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and won an American Book Award. His books have been published in 16 languages. Every year Goldman teaches one semester at Trinity College in Hartford, Ct., and then hightails it back to Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (1998)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1999)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49074442633355,"sku":"9780802135483","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/pq8YeR8Czc9780802135483.webp?v=1787763030","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-ordinary-seaman-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}