{"product_id":"9781555846404","title":"The Ordinary Seaman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBy the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Long Night of White Chickens\u003c\/i\u003e: A novel of the perils, passions, and adventures of a young Nicaraguan immigrant trapped in Brooklyn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003c\/i\u003eNewsday\u003ci\u003e, the \u003c\/i\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003ci\u003e, the \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Tribune\u003ci\u003e, the \u003c\/i\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003ci\u003e, and \u003c\/i\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the late 1980s, teenage Sandinista soldier and avowed communist Esteban Gaitán leaves Nicaragua to begin a new life in America. He soon arrives on a desolate Brooklyn pier with fourteen other men to form the crew of the ship \u003ci\u003eUrus\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Elias and Mark, the owners of the \u003ci\u003eUrus\u003c\/i\u003e, hold the men captive, forcing them to work in a vain attempt to make the rotting vessel seaworthy. Without the means to return home, Esteban remains a virtual prisoner, haunted by the loss of the woman he loved during the war. Eventually learning how to sneak off the ship, he makes nocturnal forays into Brooklyn, where he meets a Mexican immigrant named Joaquina, and begins to plot his permanent escape.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Centering his novel around Esteban, but also telling the stories of his fellow landlocked sailors, Francisco Goldman proves once again that he is “a major talent of great style and soul” (\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Often very funny . . . Here, a corner of Brooklyn becomes the exotic and foreign experience, and through Esteban’s eyes it is as mysterious and alluring as Tangiers.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132475752688,"sku":"9781555846404","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846404_p0.jpg?v=1763753425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846404","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}