{"product_id":"a-distant-shore-paperback-2","title":"A Distant Shore - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy is a retired schoolteacher who has recently moved to a housing estate in a small village. Solomon is a night-watchman, an immigrant from an unnamed country in Africa. Each is desperate for love. And yet each harbors secrets that may make attaining it impossible.\u003cbr\u003eWith breathtaking assurance and compassion, Caryl Phillips retraces the paths that lead Dorothy and Solomon to their meeting point: her failed marriage and ruinous obsession with a younger man, the horrors he witnessed as a soldier in his disintegrating native land, and the cruelty he encounters as a stranger in his new one. Intimate and panoramic, measured and shattering, \u003cb\u003eA Distant Shore\u003c\/b\u003e charts the oceanic expanses that separate people from their homes, their hearts, and their selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy is a retired schoolteacher who has recently moved to a housing estate in a small village. Solomon is a night-watchman, an immigrant from an unnamed country in Africa. Each is desperate for love. And yet each harbors secrets that may make attaining it impossible.\u003cbr\u003eWith breathtaking assurance and compassion, Caryl Phillips retraces the paths that lead Dorothy and Solomon to their meeting point: her failed marriage and ruinous obsession with a younger man, the horrors he witnessed as a soldier in his disintegrating native land, and the cruelty he encounters as a stranger in his new one. Intimate and panoramic, measured and shattering, A Distant Shore charts the oceanic expanses that separate people from their homes, their hearts, and their selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies. Brought up in England, he has written for television, radio, theater, and film. He is the author of three books of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eThe European Tribe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic Sound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eA New World Order\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand six novels, \u003cb\u003eThe Final Passage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e A State of Independence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigher Ground\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCambridge, Crossing the River\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Nature of Blood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand has edited two anthologies, \u003cb\u003eExtravagant Strangers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Right Set\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Phillips lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.98 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Distant Shore\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257112248569,"sku":"9781400034505","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Uh1OEXGQwJ9781400034505.webp?v=1768742803","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-distant-shore-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}