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'After many years spent living in Seoul, a young man called Harold drifts back to Australia and rents a room above a fish and chip shop called The Sea & Us. Who he meets and what he experiences there propels him to question his own yearnings and failings, and to fight for meaning and a sense of place that can only be reached by facing what is lost.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Flotsam
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January / February no. 418 2020; (p. 39)
— Review of The Sea & Us 2019 single work novel 'Catherine de Saint Phalle already had an impressive publication history – five novels written in French and one in English – when her elegantly written, often heart-breaking memoir Poum and Alexandre was shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize. Her new novel, The Sea and Us, is her third book written in English since she came to Australia in 2003. Its title works both literally and symbolically. The Sea and Us is the name of the Melbourne fish and chip shop above which the middle-aged narrator, Harold, rents a room, having returned to his childhood city after eighteen years of living and working in South Korea.' (Introduction) -
Stranded Souls Find a Beacon
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 November 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of The Sea & Us 2019 single work novel'How do you define home? Is it where you grew up? Where your family lives? Where you’ve been happiest? Or is it where you are now? Where the heart is?' (Introduction)
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Stranded Souls Find a Beacon
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 November 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of The Sea & Us 2019 single work novel'How do you define home? Is it where you grew up? Where your family lives? Where you’ve been happiest? Or is it where you are now? Where the heart is?' (Introduction)
-
Flotsam
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January / February no. 418 2020; (p. 39)
— Review of The Sea & Us 2019 single work novel 'Catherine de Saint Phalle already had an impressive publication history – five novels written in French and one in English – when her elegantly written, often heart-breaking memoir Poum and Alexandre was shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize. Her new novel, The Sea and Us, is her third book written in English since she came to Australia in 2003. Its title works both literally and symbolically. The Sea and Us is the name of the Melbourne fish and chip shop above which the middle-aged narrator, Harold, rents a room, having returned to his childhood city after eighteen years of living and working in South Korea.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover Cover designed by Josh Durham, Design by Committee
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