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Shark drunk : the art of catching a large shark from a tiny rubber dinghy in a big ocean
- Title
- Shark drunk : the art of catching a large shark from a tiny rubber dinghy in a big ocean / Morten Strøksnes ; translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.
- Author
- Strøksnes, Morten Andreas, 1965-
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Nunnally, Tiina, 1952-
- Description
- 307 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
- Summary
- In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. At twenty-six feet in length and weighing more than a ton, it is truly a beast to behold. But the shark is not just known for its size alone: its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature--from a tiny rubber boat. Together, the two men tackle existential questions, survive the world's most powerful maelstrom, and, yes, get drunk, as they attempt to understand the ocean from every possible angle, drawing on poetry, science, history, ecology, mythology, and their own, sometimes intoxicated, observations.--
- Uniform Title
- Havboka. English
- Alternative Title
- Havboka.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307).
- Call Number
- JFC 17-721
- ISBN
- 9780451493484
- 0451493486
- LCCN
- 2016044185
- OCLC
- 2016044185
- Author
- Strøksnes, Morten Andreas, 1965- author.
- Title
- Shark drunk : the art of catching a large shark from a tiny rubber dinghy in a big ocean / Morten Strøksnes ; translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307).
- Added Author
- Nunnally, Tiina, 1952- translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Strøksnes, Morten Andreas, 1965- Shark drunk First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9780451493491 (DLC) 2016048634
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-721