{"product_id":"the-sea-9781400097029","title":"The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Winner of the Man Booker Prize*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA luminous novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"extraordinary meditation on mortality, grief, death, childhood and memory (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today), \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child to cope with the recent loss of his wife. It is also a return to the place where he met the Graces, the well-heeled family with whom he experienced the strange suddenness of both love and death for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Max comes to understand about the past, and about its indelible effects on him, is at the center of this elegiac, gorgeously written novel -- among the finest we have had from this masterful writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Banville, John\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400097029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"John Banville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39697655955531,"sku":"9781400097029","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_5914cd74-6397-48db-8cf4-42efa8ca57da.jpg?v=1646748412","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-sea-9781400097029","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}