Compass Rose
It’s been more than two decades since Spartina won the National Book Award and was acclaimed by critics as being “possibly the best American novel. . since The Old Man and the Sea” (The New York Times Book Review), but in this extraordinary follow-up novel barely any time has passed in the magical landscape of salt ponds and marshes in John Casey’s fictional Rhode Island estuary.
Elsie Buttrick, prodigal daughter of the smart set who are gradually taking over the coastline of Sawtooth Point, has just given birth to Rose, a child conceived during a passionate affair with Dick Pierce — a fisherman and the love of Elsie’s life, who also happens to live practically next door with his wife, May, and their children. A beautiful but guarded woman who feels more at ease wading through the marshes than lounging on the porches of the fashionable resort her sister and brother-in-law own, Elsie was never one to do as she was told. She is wary of the discomfort her presence poses among so...
Author: Casey John
Year of publication: 2010
Genre: Modern prose
Number of pages: 421
Reading time: 7 h. 1 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
