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The Boatbuilder

Daniel Gumbiner

3.59/5 (864 ratings)

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At 28 years old, Eli "Berg" Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn't push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. Addled by addiction and chronic pain, Berg meets Alejandro, a reclusive, master boatbuilder, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor, but more than this, he offers him a new approach to his suffering, a template for survival amid intense pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided, too, by the comradeship of many in Talinas, Berg begins to return to himself. Written in gleaming prose, this is a story about resilience, community, and what it takes to win back your soul.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 240 pages

Publication:: 2018

Publisher:: McSweeney's

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1944211551

ISBN13:: 9781944211554

kindle Asin:: B07V5KB9Y4

The Boatbuilder

Daniel Gumbiner

3.59/5 (864 ratings)

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At 28 years old, Eli "Berg" Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn't push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. Addled by addiction and chronic pain, Berg meets Alejandro, a reclusive, master boatbuilder, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor, but more than this, he offers him a new approach to his suffering, a template for survival amid intense pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided, too, by the comradeship of many in Talinas, Berg begins to return to himself. Written in gleaming prose, this is a story about resilience, community, and what it takes to win back your soul.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 240 pages

Publication:: 2018

Publisher:: McSweeney's

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1944211551

ISBN13:: 9781944211554

kindle Asin:: B07V5KB9Y4

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