{"product_id":"ultramarine","title":"Ultramarine","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the 2024 Albertine Translation Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe metaphysically disorienting tale of a captain who loses control of her thinking‚Äîand her crew‚Äîaboard a cargo ship in the Atlantic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA female captain in a male-dominated field, the unnamed narrator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUltramarine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has secured her success through strict adherence to protocol; she now manages a crew of twenty men and helms her own vessel. Uncharacteristically, one day, she allows her crew to cut the engines and swim in the deep open water. Returning from this moment of leisure, the crew of mariners no longer totals twenty men: now, they are twenty-one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSparse and psychological, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUltramarine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e grips the reader in a tussle with reality, its rhythmic language mimicking the rocking of the boat. As instruments fail, weather reports contradict the senses, and the ship‚Äôs navigation mechanisms break down, Navarro ‚Äúlulls her readers into accepting the unacceptable‚Äù (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) through deft, lyrical prose and pared-down dialogue. In Eve Hill-Agnus's poetic translation, Mariette Navarro emerges as an exciting, mature voice in French literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120237875485,"sku":"9781646053575","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781646053575.jpg?v=1751400280","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/ultramarine","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}