{"product_id":"the-sea-beast-takes-a-lover-stories-9781101986639","title":"The Sea Beast Takes a Lover Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“This debut author rightfully earns his place on the storytelling totem pole with this wildly original short story collection.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDazzling and delightful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Beast Takes a Lover e\u003c\/i\u003explores family, faith, and longing through a kaleidoscope of surreal landscapes and spellbinding characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndreasen's stories unfold in wildly inventive worlds that invite the supernatural into our familiar routines: in “Bodies in Space,” an extramarital affair is rudely interrupted by an alien abduction, while in “Blunderbuss,” a third-grade class takes an ill-advised field trip to a floundering time travel institute. “Jenny” follows a reluctant caretaker's attempts to manage his kind-hearted headless sister, and in the title story, a group of sailors find their ship commandeered by an aggressively lovestruck kraken.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528809292119,"sku":"9781101986639","price":14.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101986639.jpg?v=1731873099","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sea-beast-takes-a-lover-stories-9781101986639","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}