Author | Ethan Rutherford |
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Language | English |
Genre | Sea fiction, ecofiction [1] |
Published | 11 March, 2025 [2] |
Publisher | A Strange Object [1] |
Pages | 386 [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]
In 1878 Massachusetts, the whaler Arnold Lovejoy is tasked to search for a lost whaling ship and its captain, Benjamin Leander. [2] [3]
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]