Book
Woman at sea / Catherine Poulain ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781911214595 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 290 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: London : Jonathan Cape, 2018.
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| Subject: | Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Women fishers > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Fishing boats > Alaska > Fiction. Alaska > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Sea fiction. Autobiographical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Poula | 31681010114825 | FICTION | Available | - |
Catherine Poulain was employed in fish farms in Iceland and as a farm worker in Canada, and also worked as a barmaid in Hong Kong and in naval shipyards in the US. She spent 10 years fishing in Alaska before returning to France. Adriana Hunter has translated some 70 books, mostly works of literary fiction. She won the 2011 Scott-Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Véronique Olmiâs Bord de Mer (Beside the Sea), and the 2013 French-American Foundation and Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize for her translation of Hervé Le Tellierâs Electrico W, and has been shortlisted twice for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Catherine Poulain has lived on the road and on the sea for most of her life. Employed in fish farms in Iceland and as a farm worker in Canada, she also worked as a barmaid in Hong Kong and in naval shipyards in the US. She spent ten years fishing in Alaska before returning to France, where she was born. Woman at Sea is her first novel.
Adriana Hunter has translated some eighty books, mostly works of literary fiction. She won the 2011 Scott-Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Véronique Olmi’s Beside the Sea, and was twice shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. She lives in Kent, England.
