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Stories
Grove Press, Black Cat
November 2011
On Sale: November 8, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 0802170838
EAN: 9780802170835
Kindle: B0061T1ZTY
Hardcover / e-Book
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In her first collection of stories since her PEN/Faulkner-
winning The Caprices, Sabina Murray confronts the
manipulation, compassion, ambition, and controversy
surrounding some of the most intrepid and sadistic pioneers
of the last four millennia. Iconic explorers and settlers are made intimately human as
they plow through the un-navigated boundaries of their
worlds to give shape to modern geography, philosophy, and
science. As Ferdinand Magellan sets out on his final voyage,
he forms an unlikely friendship with a rich scholar who
harbors feelings for the captain, but in the end cannot save
Magellan from his own greed. Balboa’s peek at the South Sea
may never have happened if it wasn’t for his loyal and
vicious dog, Leonico, and an unavoidable urge to relieve
himself. And Captain Zimri Coffin is plagued by sleepless
nights after reading Frankenstein, that is until his crew
rescues two shipwrecked Englishmen who carry rumor of a
giant and deadly white whale lurking in the depths of the
ocean. With her signature blend of sophistication and savagery,
darkness and humor, Sabina Murray investigates the
complexities of faith, the lure of the unknown, and the
elusive mingling of history and legend.
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