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.
“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.
Rarely has a book so perfectly registered the secret solitude of marriage, how shared loneliness can result in a powerful bond.
Author: Stanley Crawford
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 08/12/2025
Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781628975628
Language: English
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