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A winner of the harper lee award and the southeastern library association fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including ahab s wife, a finalist for the orange prize. Sena jeter naslund co spalding university master of fine arts in writing 845 south third street louisville, ky 40203 5025859911, ext. Inspired by a brief passage in moby dick, sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe an epicscale, enthralling, and compelling saga, spanning a full, rich, eventful, and dramatic life. A 20th century response to a 19th century novel author says ahabs wife is an epic story of an american woman november 8, 1999 web posted at. Early on in unas life, her mother instructs her, accept the world, una. This is destined to be remembered as one of the mostrecognized first sentences in literaturealong with call me ishmael.
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