North Sun, or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther

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North Sun, or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
AuthorEthan Rutherford
LanguageEnglish
Genre Sea fiction, ecofiction [1]
Published11 March, 2025 [2]
Publisher A Strange Object [1]
Pages386 [2]
ISBN 978-1-64605-358-2
813.6
LC Class PS3618.U7785

North Sun, or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther is the 2025 debut novel of author Ethan Rutherford. [3] It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. [4]

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Plot

In 1878 Massachusetts, the whaler Arnold Lovejoy is tasked to search for a lost whaling ship and its captain, Benjamin Leander. [2] [3]

Reception

In a starred review of North Sun, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "following a couple of well-received story collections, Rutherford makes an audacious leap as a novelist." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "North sun, or, The voyage of the whaleship Esther". Library of Congress. 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NORTH SUN". Kirkus Reviews . No. 1 May 2025. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "North Sun or the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford". Publishers Weekly . 4 December 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Tsioulcas, Anastasia (7 October 2025). "Here are the finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards". NPR . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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