THE SEAL MAN (UK TITLS: ON THE BROKEN SHORE)

Book ID/图书代码： 04300009B32590

English Summary/英文概要： Leo Kemp’s life should be idyllic. He has a job that he loves at the Institute of Marine Biology and he lives in Cape Cod with his wife and daughter. But beneath the tranquil surface of their lives, all is not well. When he loses his job thanks to his outspoken views, he decides to go on one last field trip with his students. But the outing becomes disastrous when the weather turns and Leo is thrown overboard. Despite their best efforts to find him, he is missing, presumed dead. Amazingly, Leo is rescued by a pod of seals. Soon all thoughts of his old life evaporate. The Seal Man is a story of what happens beyond our knowledge of science and nature, and of how the instinct for survival can overcome almost anything.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位研究海洋生物的專家如何真實面對無遠弗屆大自然奧秘

Leo Kemp在海洋生物學院擁有一份自己喜愛的教職工作，與妻子及女兒居在幽靜的美國東北部鱈魚角(Cape Cod)。表面上看似完美的生活裡，自己卻在一次與校方的衝突導因下，憤而離開了學校，並決定與學生前往極地作最後的研究旅行。
不料，出發不久後悲劇就發生了，因遇到一場驟降的暴風雨，整艘船翻覆，船上所有人都平安無事，只有Leo卻不見蹤影，大家都推測他應該已經罹難了…但當Leo醒來時，發現身旁有一群海豹，原來是海豹救了他一命。此刻起，他的人生也因這群生物有了然的改變。
一位研究海洋生物的專家如何真實面對超越所有的學識理論背後依然無遠弗屆大自然奧秘，及他如何憑藉著自己的求生本能，重新回到現代生活。(VL)

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:
US - St Martins Press
·‘While MacManus keenly transmits his passion for his mammalian subjects and the destruction being wrought on their world, he never turns his arguments into an environmental screed, but instead seamlessly combines these issues du jour with good old-fashioned story-telling…this is an engaging, cinematically imagined tale.’-- The Sunday Times (Trevor Lewis)
·‘On the Broken Shore is an ambitious and original debut novel set in a twilight zone between the thinking and unthinking realms…this is an atmospheric novel in which ideas surge upon the shoreline.’-- The Times (Megan Walsh)
·‘It’s an expert and beautifully-crafted piece of work.’-- News of the World
·‘This is one of those rare things, a passionate book, written with feeling. Gripping drama plus well-drawn characters and a wonderfully absorbing and moving read.’--Daily Mail (Wendy Holden)
· ‘McManus’s absorbing novel explores the joys and regrets of starting again. Hugely entertaining read on one way to deal with that midlife crisis.’--The Sun
·‘illuminating, learned novel.’--Daily Express (Henry Sutton)
· ‘Written with taut precision – MacManus is a journalist – the story unfolds on land and at sea and leads to a remarkable final episode.’--The Scotsman

About the Author/作者介绍： James Macmanus is the Managing Director of the Times Literary Supplement and the Executive Director of News International. He has been a journalist for many years. He lives in London.
James Macmanus為英國泰晤士報文學增刊及國際新聞部的董事。從事記者工作相當多年。著有非小說類書籍《黃石任務》(OCEAN DEVIL : THE LIFE & LEGEND OF GEORGE HOGG)。目前居住在倫敦。

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