{"product_id":"the-farther-shore-seth-fleisher-paperback","title":"The Farther Shore -- Seth Fleisher, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"ASTONISHING...as intellectually daring as it is lushly immersive.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJAMIE FORD\u003c\/strong\u003e-- New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"FASCINATING...an absorbing work of historical fiction and an impressive and welcome debut.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fiercely intelligent...thrilling questions to wrestle with as our hearts break and repair themselves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eCHRISTOPHER CASTELLANI\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLast Seen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTWO TIMELINES. ONE DEVASTATING INHERITANCE. Inspired by the true story of Eugène Marais, one of history's most extraordinary and forgotten minds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouthern Africa, turn of the twentieth century. Marais is a brilliant naturalist and iconoclastic journalist whose evolving theories about memory, addiction, and the hive mind are decades ahead of their time. But when tragedy strikes, he disappears into a remote African forest--leaving behind his newborn child and his conscience, and embarking on research that will haunt both their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThirty years later, his son Charles--now a professor of ancient Buddhist history at Harvard--discovers that the university's most powerful faculty are mining his father's research to bolster theories of racial hierarchy. Accompanied by a mysterious Jewish graduate student whose fate has become entangled with his own, Charles must journey to South Africa to confront his father, heal his fractured past, and stop a sinister plot taking root at the world's most prestigious institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet across two interlocking timelines--from the British concentration camps of the Boer War to the rising shadow of the Third Reich--THE FARTHER SHORE is a heart-wrenching novel about memory, love, and identity, and about the vast distances we'll travel to find our way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE FARTHER SHORE explores questions that outlast a single life: what a son owes a parent who left him behind, and what a father owes the child he abandoned; how science can be used to heal or destroy; and how faith, grief, and forgiveness can cross generations. It's a novel about inheritance in every sense--of genius and of guilt, and of the violence that colonialism and fascism leave in their wake--and it offers book clubs and reading groups rich and evocative material to discuss together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Anthony Doerr's \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e, Abraham Verghese's \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Mason's \u003ci\u003eNorth Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Ondaatje's \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ruth Ozeki's \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seth Fleisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green City Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5\" H x 5.5\" L x 1.03\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781963101249\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68145136763184,"sku":"9781963101249","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781963101249.jpg?v=1792599492","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-farther-shore-seth-fleisher-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}