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Oceano mare

Alessandro Baricco

1999224 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1999
first published
  • 1999Hamish Hamilton · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780241140727
  • 1999Alfred A. Knopf · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780375404238
  • 2000Penguin Books Ltd · 256 pagesISBN 9780140288025
  • 2008Canongate Books · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781847670748
  • 2013Canongate Books · ENGISBN 9781782111610
  • 2019Canongate Books · ENGISBN 9781786896438
  • 2013Feltrinelli · 224 pagesISBN 9788807883026
  • 2000Vintage · 256 pagesISBN 9780375703959

Ocean Sea (Italian: Oceano mare) is a 1993 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. Its narrative revolves around the lives of a group of people gathered at a remote seaside hotel. The novel won the Viareggio Prize.

How it feels

Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

ComplexityLayered

When and where

ThemesRevenge
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