The Pugilist and the Sailor - Brossura

Ragbar, Nadia

 
9781778430718: The Pugilist and the Sailor
Brossura
ISBN 10: 1778430716 ISBN 13: 9781778430718
Casa editrice: Invisible Publishing, 2025

Sinossi

“This book is so strangely moving and truly funny and sad and beautiful. An impressive debut from a writer already in possession of a unique voice.”―Miriam Toews

The Pugilist and the Sailor follows conjoined twins, Bruce and Dougie. Dougie is an ambitious amateur boxer, having dragged his brother into the ring since childhood. Bruce is a bookkeeper who has become smitten with Anka. Unaware of the facts of the twins’ physicality an epistolary relationship unfolds between Anka and Bruce, as he wrestles with broaching the topic of separation with Dougie. Dougie’s sole focus is the Heavyweight Amateur Boxing title as one half of “The Reuben Beast,” though he is trying to ignore his mysterious blackouts and severe headaches. Anka is, specifically, navigating through her grief over her parents’ deaths, but also, generally, reconciling her understanding of being a first-generation Canadian without her Guyanese parents as an anchor.

A character-driven story with an ensemble cast, told across multiple points of view and time periods, examines the unique relationships between conjoined brothers, parents, crushes, and unexpected mentors. A story about the intertwined nature of longing and belonging, compromise and connection, this is ultimately a consideration of family and finding your unique place in it, and in the world.

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Editore
Invisible Publishing
Data di pubblicazione
2025
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1778430716
ISBN 13 
9781778430718
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
240
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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