- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Europa Editions (Sep 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933372354
- ISBN-13: 978-1933372358
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #820,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This moody turn from the late Izzo (1945–2000), author of the hit Marseilles detective trilogy that includes Total Chaos, centers on the Aldebaran, a ship waylaid by debts in the port of Marseilles. After most of the freighter's crew is sent home, only the Lebanese captain, Abdul Aziz; the Greek first mate, Diamantis; and the pleasure-loving Turkish sailor Nedim remain. All three are dogged by a loss of purpose, memories of the women they have loved and abandoned, and the great myths of the Mediterranean, including the Odyssey. Diamantis emerges as the reluctant hero, determined to make amends with a woman he left in Marseilles 20 years before, while a middle-aged Abdul comes to terms with his morally ambiguous career at sea. Marseilles's seedy underbelly soon catches up to the lost sailors and entwines their lives in new ways. Izzo writes candidly about European racial politics, and his characters brood intriguingly, but their noirish flatness proves a real limit. (Sept.)
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"Izzo digs deep into what makes men weep."-Time Out New York
In this moving investigation into the human comedy, the men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided: Wait for the money owed them, or accept their fate and abandon ship? Captain Abdul Aziz is determined to save his charge and do the right thing by his men. In these close quarters charged with physical and emotional tension, each life begins to resemble a chapter in the complex, colorful, and tragic story of the Mediterranean Sea itself-rich with romance, legend, passion, and drama.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More Than Just a Sea Tale, Jan 18 2008
By Dennis Bianchi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lost Sailors (Paperback)
This short book turned out to be a story I couldn't put down. Although I could find plenty of pitiful characters, they all had elements of the whole human balance sheet, good, bad and fascinating. I have no idea if the translation is a good one or not, but the story went along very smoothly, which is saying a lot as the subjects were so imbedded in the dark side of the life of merchan marines. Izzo will be missed, at least by this reader.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A good Izzo book, Feb 14 2010
By Peter Weissman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lost Sailors (Paperback)
I like Jean-Claude Izzo and this is a good story, though as another reviewer, somewhere, noted, it's a bit much when every woman he describes is beautiful, desirable, a Siren. And--not the author's problem--after reading the Marseille trilogy, I expected this would also be a mystery. There are mysterious elements in it, but it's most definitely not a whodunit: no detective and no crime (except the vagaries of life, stealing away with possibilities). But Jean-Claude is an evocative writer, and we get Marseille again, which I like, and he has some profound things to say, so I take away one star for the too beautiful women and call this a good Izzo book.I Think, Therefore Who Am I?
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