{"product_id":"one-part-ocean-paperback","title":"One Part Ocean - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominique Fortier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003ePale Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, a delicate reimagining of the relationships that created the great American novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile writing \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, Herman Melville meets Nathaniel Hawthorne, an encounter that alters the course of his life and his novel. From this true story of friendship, only a handful of Melville's letters remain. Inspired by the surviving correspondence, Dominique Fortier imagines the passionate relationship between the two authors: their desires, their domestic arrangements, Melville's struggle to write, and Hawthorne's powerful hold over Melville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelville's story is interspersed with the frantic scribbling of Lizzie, his wife, her words flying onto the page, her stream of consciousness ideas and talents not given the same time and space to develop as her husband's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA third exchange unfolds between Fortier as she is writing the book and a companion who is half real, half imagined, a man she says is primarily a poem. Forming a bridge between past and present, Fortier's novel braids together these three parts, telling the story of the most beautiful of shipwrecks, \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriter and translator, \u003cb\u003eDominique Fortier\u003c\/b\u003e weaves together novel, poetry, and essay to build a body of work exploring history, fiction, and the self. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eDu bon usage des étoiles (On the Proper Use of Stars)\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a Governor General's Award and the Prix des Libraires du Québec, and \u003ci\u003eAu péril de la mer (The Island of Books)\u003c\/i\u003e won the Governor General's Award for French fiction. \u003ci\u003eLes villes de papier (Paper Houses) \u003c\/i\u003ewon France's Prix Renaudot - Essai and has been translated into fifteen languages. Fortier is a member of the Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco literary council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e is a Montréal-based translator who has translated many books from French into English, including Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eAnd Miles To Go Before I Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, Grégoire Courtois's \u003ci\u003eThe Laws of the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e, Dominique Fortier's \u003ci\u003ePale Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, and Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's \u003ci\u003eSuzanne\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a seven-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation, winning the award in 2015 for her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eTwenty-One Cardinals\u003c\/i\u003e. Her translation of Dominique Fortier's Pale Shadows was nominated for the 2025 International Dublin Literary Award. Her translations have been contenders for CBC Canada Reads in 2015 and 2019, and one was a finalist for the 2018 Best Translated Book Award. Mullins was the inaugural literary translator in residence at Concordia University in 2018. She is a mentor to emerging translators in the Banff International Literary Translation Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855510311109,"sku":"9781552455272","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/u1nnHH7SIq9781552455272.webp?v=1793533911","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/one-part-ocean-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}