Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson - by Mark Siegel (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>On the Hudson River, a boat captain rescues an injured mermaid from one of the busiest ports in the United States. A wildly popular and reclusive author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. Three lives entwine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United States. A wildly popular--and notoriously reclusive--author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens. <p/>A mysterious and beguiling love story with elements of Poe, Twain, Hemingway, and Greek mythology, drawn in moody black-and-white charcoal, this new paperback edition of the <i>New York Times</i> Best-Selling graphic novel by author/illustrator Mark Siegel is a study in romance, atmosphere, and suspense. Don't miss <i>Sailor Twain</i>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Absolutely not to be missed." --<i>Booklist, starred review</i> <p/>"This extraordinary work of fiction pushes the graphic novel well beyond its previous limits. The narrative takes us on many journeys through space and time, but is more than a mere tale. It's about past and present, the absolute importance of myth, of language, of stories themselves. In superb words and drawings, it also explores obsession and love in a way that is original to the genre, and to literature itself. In the best sense, the completed work succeeds in a very difficult task: making the reader more human. Bravo!" --<i>Pete Hamill</i> <p/>"Addictive." --<i>Rachel Maddow</i> <p/>"Wow. Fabulous." --<i>Robin McKinley</i> <p/>"A gorgeous piece of work about moral conflicts, romantic distress, and fishy secrets." --<i>Laura Kipnis</i> <p/>"A romance in the truest sense of the word, <i>Sailor Twain</i> is a marvel of graphical beauty and complex, intelligent storytelling. Siegel creates a misty, magical Hudson river that is somehow realer and truer and more seductive and many fathoms deeper than the real thing." --<i>Lev Grossman</i> <p/>"I had a most engaging voyage on the doomed Lorelei, and I much enjoyed meeting young Captain Twain--not to mention the mermaid in the Hudson. This is a gripping novel with compelling characters, enhanced by haunting, erotically charged drawings." --<i>John Irving</i> <p/>"Siegel's illustrations underscore the multiple themes of deceit and deception: softly blurred charcoal riverscapes transform the Hudson into a proving ground for dark magic, and the doe-eyed characters are nowhere near as innocent as they look. You're never too old for a well-told fairy tale." --<i>BCCB</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Mark Siegel</b> was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in France. He is the editorial director of First Second and an accomplished writer and illustrator. He is the illustrator of <i>To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel</i>, a Robert F. Sibert Award Honor Book, written by his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel; and author and illustrator of the picture book <i>Moving House</i>, published by Roaring Brook Press. The <i>New York Times</i> Best-Selling <i>Sailor Twain</i> is his most recent graphic novel.</p>
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