{"product_id":"the-boatmaker-isbn-9781935639985","title":"The Boatmaker","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2016 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart fable, part allegory, \u003ci\u003eThe Boatmaker\u003c\/i\u003e is the haunting and passionate story of a voyage of self-discovery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fierce and complicated man wakes from a fever dream compelled to build a boat and sail away from the isolated island where he was born. Encountering the wider world for the first time, the reluctant hero falls into a destructive love affair, is swept up into a fanatical religious movement, and finds himself a witness to racial hatred unlike anything he’s ever known. The boatmaker is tempted, beaten, and betrayed: his journey marked by chilling episodes of violence and horror while he struggles to summon the strength to make his own way. The Boatmaker is a fable for our times, a passionate love story, and an odyssey of self-discovery.\u003cb\u003eJohn Benditt\u003c\/b\u003e had a distinguished career as a science journalist. He was an editor at \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e and at \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e before serving as editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eTechnology Review. The Boatmaker\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233630957797,"sku":"NP9781935639985","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781935639985.jpg?v=1767738428","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-boatmaker-isbn-9781935639985","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}