Spartina

Winner of the 1989 National Book Award

A classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick Pierce, a commercial fisherman along the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. A kind, sensitive, family man, he is also prone to irascible outbursts against the people he must work for, now that he can no longer make his living from the sea.

Pierce's one great passion, a fifty-foot fishing boat called Spartina, lies unfinished in his back yard. Determined to get the funds he needs to buy her engine, he finds himself taking a foolish, dangerous risk. But his real test comes when he must weather a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. Moving and poetic, Spartina is a masterly story of one man's ongoing struggle to find his place in the world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/28/1998
ISBN: 9780375702686
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.17w x 0.82d
Award: National Book Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2004 pg. 360
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2015 pg. 45