J. D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," John Cheever's "Goodbye, My Brother," Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel": These and dozens of other beloved stories share the beach as their setting. In fact, it is remarkable how many of the finest writers have set stories and novels in whole or in part at the beach -- and how often they use this locale to explore the great themes of love, loss, death, family, and redemption. Beach brings together, for the first time, the very best of this literary tradition, including stories, novel excerpts, and narrative nonfiction.
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"A perfect book to tuck into your beach bag and read with your toes wiggling in the sand, the roar of the waves as background music." -- San Gabriel Valley News
"A wonderful collection . . . An unusual and unusually entertaining book to bring to the beach this summer. Curl up in your favorite chaise and enjoy." -- Chicago Tribune
"Beach offers a story for everyone and inspires some serious beach reading." -- Portland Oregonian
"Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker have captured the age-old joy of the beach . . . These 22 pieces are perfect for browsing." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune
[If] you want to lose yourself in sensuality, adventure, and the awesomeness of the natural world, you can't do better than Beach" -- Santa Cruz County Sentinel
"A wonderful collection . . . An unusual and unusually entertaining book to bring to the beach this summer. Curl up in your favorite chaise and enjoy." -- Chicago Tribune
"Beach offers a story for everyone and inspires some serious beach reading." -- Portland Oregonian
"Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker have captured the age-old joy of the beach . . . These 22 pieces are perfect for browsing." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune
[If] you want to lose yourself in sensuality, adventure, and the awesomeness of the natural world, you can't do better than Beach" -- Santa Cruz County Sentinel
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Gideon Bosker and Lena Lencek specialize in popular culture and have written together or co-written more than ten books, including Making Waves: Swimsuits and the Undressing of America; The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth, a New York Times Notable Book for 1998; and, most recently, Beaches, a photographic survey of the world's most beautiful beaches. Lencek is professor of Russian and the humanities at Reed College, and Bosker, a physician, is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. They live in Portland, Oregon.
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the edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monica wesolowska, cyrus colter, sand tower, american beach, thermos jug Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Joe, Anna Sergeyevna, New York, Laud's Head, Gina the Puma, Lewis Street, Afro-American Life Insurance Company, Joe Molers, Paul Singleton, Chucky Ewing, Great Tide Pool, Mary Betsch, Naval College, New Zealand, Riverboat Gambler New!
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the edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
monica wesolowska, cyrus colter, sand tower, american beach, thermos jug Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Joe, Anna Sergeyevna, New York, Laud's Head, Gina the Puma, Lewis Street, Afro-American Life Insurance Company, Joe Molers, Paul Singleton, Chucky Ewing, Great Tide Pool, Mary Betsch, Naval College, New Zealand, Riverboat Gambler New!
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- The Beach Umbrella and Other Stories by Cyrus Colter in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Learning to Swim: And Other Stories by Graham Swift in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fifty Stories (Revived Modern Classic) by Kay Boyle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Through the Tunnel (Creative Short Stories) by Doris May Lessing in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Edge of the Sea by Rachel L. Carson on page 1, and Back Matter
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