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**CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER****NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS FINALIST, HISTORICAL FICTION****BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD FINALIST**
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 ... Read more
**CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER****NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS FINALIST, HISTORICAL FICTION****BEST ATLANTIC-PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD FINALIST**
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.
Governor General Award winner Kevin Major is the author of twenty-two books—fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays. His first novel, Hold Fast, is considered a classic of Canadian young adult fiction, and was adapted into a feature film. As Near To Heaven By Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador was a Canadian bestseller. His work has been translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, Catalan, and Hebrew. One for the Rock, Two for the Tablelands, Three for Trinity, and Four for Fogo Island are the first four books in Major’s popular series of crime novels. He and his wife live in St. John’s. They have two grown sons.
“Seeing the island [of Newfoundland] for the first time, the German [commander, Ulrich Gräf,] is captivated by its coastline and 'lofty cliffs indomitable'; he wants to roam the island with a sketchbook, an appreciation that will likely endear him to Newfoundland readers. ”
— Tracy Whalen
"Meticulously researched and seamlessly blended historical fact and Kevin Major's fiction, Land Beyond the Sea was a great read. "
"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
“…a startlingly good feat of historical fiction. ”
— The Miramichi Reader
"[Kevin Major] describes the protagonists of both sides, Germans and allies alike, with great empathy . . . his approach is profoundly humanistic. "
— Christian Adam, German scholar and author of "Lesen unter Hitler (Reading under Hitler. Authors, bestsellers, readers in the Third Reich)"
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Land Beyond the Sea (Breakwater Books) author Kevin Major breathes life into the cold statistics of war by taking us deeper into the story of the SS Caribou, a Nova Scotia to Newfoundland Ferry, sunk by German U-boat during World War II, resulting in the death of 137 passengers ... Read more
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