The Ordinary Seaman
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0871136716
ISBN 13
9780871136718
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
387
Subject
Nicaraguans -- New York (State) -- Fiction. Immigrants -- Fiction. Sailors -- Fiction.
Abstract
America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Estaban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Estaban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love. By the author of The Long Night of the White Chickens.
Description
Publisher Comments
The Ordinary Seaman, the second novel from acclaimed writer Francisco Goldman is a lyrical and spellbinding story of hope, despair, and the promise of love. The ordinary seaman is Esteban, a 19-year-old veteran of the war in Nicaragua, who has come to America with 14 other men to form the crew of the Urus. Docked on a desolate Brooklyn pier, the Urus is a wreck, and the men, without the means to return home, become its prisoners. Esteban, haunted by the loss of his first love in the war, gradually works up the courage to escape the ship and start a new life in the city. His story and those of his shipmates come to life, illuminating the conflicts and triumphs of the human heart.
The Ordinary Seaman, the second novel from acclaimed writer Francisco Goldman is a lyrical and spellbinding story of hope, despair, and the promise of love. The ordinary seaman is Esteban, a 19-year-old veteran of the war in Nicaragua, who has come to America with 14 other men to form the crew of the Urus. Docked on a desolate Brooklyn pier, the Urus is a wreck, and the men, without the means to return home, become its prisoners. Esteban, haunted by the loss of his first love in the war, gradually works up the courage to escape the ship and start a new life in the city. His story and those of his shipmates come to life, illuminating the conflicts and triumphs of the human heart.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Love stories
Romance fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Francisco Goldman
ISBN: 0871136716 9780871136718 080213548X 9780802135483
OCLC Number: 35784846
Awards: Short-listed for PEN/Faulkner Award 1998
Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 1999
Description: 387 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Francisco Goldman.
Number of Copies
1
