Shining at the Bottom of the Sea

[Dave Monroe]

SHINING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Stephen Marche - Author
$32.00
Book: Hardback | 235 x 159mm | 256 pages | ISBN 9780670066179 | 31 Aug
2007 | Viking Canada | Adult

In this stylistic tour de force, Stephen Marche creates the entire
culture of a place called Sanjania—its national symbols, political
movements, folk heroes, a group of writers dubbed “fictioneers,” a
national airline called Sanjair, and a rich literary history. Sanjania
is an island nation whose English-speaking citizens draw upon the
English, American, Australian, and Canadian literary traditions. This
brilliant story is an anthology, taking the reader from the rough and
tumble pamphlets of 1870s Sanjania to the burgeoning Sanjanian
nationalistic awareness in the 1930s literary journal, The Real Story,
to the extraordinary longing of the writings of the Sanjanian
Diaspora. These works develop into a Rashomon-like story, introducing
us to illustrious Sanjanian figures such as the repentant prostitute
Pigeon Blackhat and the magically talented couple Caesar and
Endurance. The result is a vibrant evocation of a country— from the
birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular to is
revolutionary years and all the way to the present—all told in Stephen
Marche’s innovative and accomplished writing.

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Shining at the Bottom of the Sea By Stephen Marche

Book overview
May be the most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David
Mitchells Cloud Atlas.(The New York Times Book Review)

Shining at the Bottom of the Sea is a vibrant evocation of a fictional
country, Sanjaniafrom the birth pangs of its first settlers and their
hardy vernacular, to its revolutionary years, and all the way to the
present diaspora all told through Stephen Marches innovative and
accomplished writing style.

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