{"product_id":"9781805332039","title":"In the Beginning Was the Sea - Frank Wynne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA couple's search for a rural paradise on the Caribbean coast takes a sinister turn in this darkly ironic modern classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen J. and Elena swap the parties and culture of the city for a simpler life on Colombia's remote Caribbean coast, they expect to find an Eden to call their own. But in amongst the mango groves they discover decaying houses, diseased animals, suffocating heat and locals from another world. Faced with growing debt, how will they survive in this new environment when they themselves remain unchanged? And, as their relationship breaks down - and the horror unfolds - who can they count on if not each other?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning Was the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a menacing, ironic tale of human weakness, the terrifying power of nature, and what happens when our dreams meet their fateful reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Frank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom�s Gonz�lez was born in 1950 in Medell�n, Colombia. He studied Philosophy before becoming a barman in a Bogot� nightclub, whose owner published \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning Was the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, in 1983. Gonz�lez has lived in Miami and New York, where he wrote much of his work while making a living as a translator. After twenty years in the US, he returned to Colombia, where he now lives. His books have been translated into six languages. His novels \u003ci\u003eFog at Noon\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDifficult Light\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Storm\u003c\/i\u003e have also been published in English. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Wynne is an Irish literary translator, writer and editor. He has translated numerous French and Hispanic authors including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Javier Cercas and Virginie Despentes. Over a career spanning more than twenty-five years, his translations have won many awards, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle Incl�n twice. Most recently, his translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers Guild\u003c\/i\u003e by Mathias �nard won the 2024 French-American Prize. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smoothly intriguing narrative, with touches of sinister, Patricia Highsmith-like menace' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A taut, uncompromising study of the faultlines in all of us' J.G. V�squez, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writerly coup de gr�ce: short and swift, with sharp imagery, menace and sensuality nestling together in its luxuriant Caribbean setting'\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Wynne","offers":[{"title":"160 pages \/ 13\/08\/2026 \/ Classic fiction (pre c 1945)","offer_id":57415969735031,"sku":"9781805332039","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781805332039.jpg?v=1787910728","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781805332039","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}