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I cheerfully refuse

Paperback • 2025 • English

I cheerfully refuse

By Leif Enger

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About the book

"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire r...Show more

Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages

Book details

ISBN

9781804710821

Publisher

Grove Press UK

Published year

2025

Language

English

Original title

I cheerfully refuse

Format

Paperback

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