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Book Reviews of Far Tortuga

Far Tortuga
Far Tortuga
Author: Peter Matthiessen
ISBN-13: 9780394724782
ISBN-10: 039472478X
Publication Date: 8/12/1984
Pages: 408
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a haunting and lovely piece of fiction. Here's what the reviewers have said about it:

"An adventure story...worth comparing to the best of Conrad or Stevenson."--The New York Review of Books

"This novel is Matthiessen at his best--a masterfully spun yarn, a little other-worldly, a dreamlike momentum...Like everything of his, it's also a deep declaration of love for the planet."--Thomas Pynchon

"One of the best books of the year."--The New York Times

"A superb feat of story-telling."--The New Yorker

"Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them."--Newsweek

"The stuff of which great books are made...Far Tortuga is about the sea and sailors and change; but mostly it is a novel of the human spirit."--James Dickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Unique...original...enormously haunting."--William Styron