{"product_id":"landfalls","title":"Landfalls","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLandfalls\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eNaomi J Williams\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374183158\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the NBCC's John Leonard Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gripping story of a dramatic eighteenth-century voyage of discovery from Naomi J. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi J. Williams reimagines the historical Lapérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, more than two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply grounded in historical fact but refracted through a powerful imagination, \u003ci\u003eLandfalls\u003c\/i\u003e follows the exploits and heartbreaks not only of the men on the ships but also of the people affected by the voyage-indigenous people and other Europeans the explorers encountered, loved ones left waiting at home, and those who survived and remembered the expedition later. Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world, ranging from London to Tenerife, from Alaska to remote South Pacific islands to Siberia, and eventually back to France. The result is a beautifully written and absorbing tale of the high seas, scientific exploration, human tragedy, and the world on the cusp of the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns elegiac, profound, and comic, \u003ci\u003eLandfalls\u003c\/i\u003e reinvents the maritime adventure novel for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Landfalls | Naomi J Williams | Hardcover | 9780374183158 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788441","offer_id":50930987991298,"sku":"1788441","price":27.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Landfalls | Naomi J Williams | Hardcover | 9780374183158 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788442","offer_id":50930988974338,"sku":"1788442","price":27.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/917hkuKcDJL.jpg?v=1793497571","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/landfalls","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}