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Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine (American Literature)

by Stanley Crawford

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"Forty years ago I first linked up with Unguentine and we made love on twin-hulled catamarans, sails a-billow, bless the seas . . ."

So begins the courtship of a certain Unguentine to the woman we know only as "Mrs. Unguentine," the chronicler of their sad, fantastical tale. For forty years, they sail the seas together, alone on a giant land-covered barge of their own devising. They tend their gardens, raise a child, invent an artificial forest--all the while steering clear of civilization.

Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine
is a masterpiece of modern domestic life, a comic novel of closeness and difficulty, miscommunication and stubborn resolve. Rarely has a book so perfectly registered the secret solitude of marriage, how shared loneliness can result in a powerful bond.

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"A captivating short work almost beyond description."--The New Yorker

About the Author

Stanley Crawford was born in 1937 and was educated at the University of Chicago and at the Sorbonne. He is the author of three novels: Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine, Travel Notes, Gascoyne, and Some Instructions, a classic satire on all the sanctimonious marriage manuals ever produced. He is also the author of two memoirs: A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small Farm in New Mexico and Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico. He has written numerous articles in various publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Double Take and Country Living. Crawford is co-proprietor with his wife, Rose Mary Crawford, of El Bosque Farm in Dixon, New Mexico.

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sandra stone, March 20, 2010 (view all comments by sandra stone)
To those familiar with Dalkey Archive Books, any remark I make would be excessive. Log of the S.S. and Mrs. Unguentine (does its title tell you anything?), is structured as a log ... of a fantastical voyage. What else? Substantive observations on marital solitude written by a wildly intelligent, quirky, comic, ultimately sombering voice. Stanley Crawford is not for everyone. A writer's writer? Maybe a phrase too used. My reading tastes are eclectic, but my shelf would be less exciting if it did not have writers outside the mainstream. By all means read the classics. But don't omit writers whose narrative is not subordinate to the voice that enlivens it. Read the titles of Dalkey Archive Books for a different trip. Read about the Unguentines ... a word that actually refers to something, but is intrinsically funny.
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ISBN:
9781564785121
Author:
Crawford, Stanley
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
Introduction by:
Marcus, Ben
Introduction:
Marcus, Ben
Author:
Crawford, Stanley G.
Afterword:
Marcus, Ben
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Sea stories
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Dalkey Archive
Series:
American Literature Series
Publication Date:
20080931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
108
Dimensions:
8 x 5.6 x 0.4 in 0.35 lb

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