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Sweetland

Michael Crummey

322 pages

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Sweetland is a story about one man's struggles against the forces of nature on a remote island just off Newfoundland.

Themes
Dark & BroodingEpic & AdventurousHeartfelt & EmotionalMelancholic & NostalgicMan versus indifferent natureIsolation as existential testThe fragility of human controlEndurance against the elements
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