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Land Beyond the Sea - Kevin Major
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In the small hours of October 14, 1942, a German U-boat sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Of the 237 people on board, 136 perished, including 49 civilians. In Land Beyond the Sea, bestselling author Kevin Major reimagines the events of that fateful night from the perspectives of both those aboard the doomed vessel and the German U-boat commander who gave the order. With his characteristically sharp, evocative prose style, Major delivers an epic work of historical fiction, detailing a life-and-death conflict in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Land Beyond the Sea is a powerful and empathetic testament to the acts of destruction and the acts of heroism carried out in the name of home.
Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Historical Fiction
Best Atlantic-Published Book Award Finalist
Canada Book Award Winner
"…a startlingly good feat of historical fiction." – The Miramichi Reader
"Land Beyond the Sea is historical fiction at its home-grown best… Kevin Major is doing for the Caribou tragedy what Cassie Brown did for the Newfoundland disaster [in Death on the Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of 1914] — focusing on the individuals involved and, thereby, making the story believably personal for his readers." – The Packet
"It's immediately apparent that Major did a lot of research to write this book. His most casual descriptions are strikingly authentic and the focus is wide-ranging. Whether standing on the bridge of the Caribou or peering through the periscope of U-69, the reader is plunged into the surroundings… Land Beyond the Sea is a crackling read that invokes both sympathy and empathy for the people on both sides of the conflict. It's quite an achievement on Major's part." – Denise Flint, Downhome
"Meticulously researched and seamlessly blended historical fact and Kevin Major's fiction, Land Beyond the Sea was a great read." – Atlantic Book Reviews
Kevin Major
Governor General Award winner Kevin Major has published 20 books, for both young people and adults. His first, Hold Fast, is considered a classic of Canadian young adult fiction, and was recently released as a feature film. No Man's Land, about the Newfoundland Regiment in WWI, was published in 1995 to much acclaim. Major's adaption has been brought to the stage by Rising Tide Theatre for more than a dozen seasons.
A history of Newfoundland and Labrador: As Near To Heaven By Sea was a Canadian best-seller and finalist for the Pearson Non-Fiction Prize. Ann and Seamus, a verse novel, was shortlisted for a total of ten awards. It has since been turned into an opera, which has been performed internationally. New Under the Sun, the first in a trilogy of historical novels for adults and called "well written, nuanced, and compelling" by Canadian Literature, was nominated for an Atlantic Book Award.
John Moss, writing in "A Reader's Guide to the Canadian Novel," has said, "Kevin Major is among the best Canadian writers of his generation. He has established himself as a figure of singular importance in our literature."
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