Outerbridge Reach (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Connecticut; New York City; the yacht in the South Atlantic
- Principal Characters: Owen Browne, Anne Browne, Maggie Browne, Ron Strickland, Pamela Koestler, Harry Thorne, Mad Max
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, 1980’s, Adultery, Sailing or sailors, Atlantic Ocean, Sea or seafaring life, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: New York, NY, Oceans
The Novel
Building on his knowledge of the sea gleaned as a member of the U.S. Navy, a merchant marine seaman, and a yachtsman, Robert Stone in Outerbridge Reach tells an exciting but disturbing story of the challenges of transoceanic yachting, the heights and depths of human daring, the class conflicts beneath democratic façades, and the difficulty of fully understanding the behavior and motivations of others. The book is also a story of betrayal: of self, of family, of personal and corporate dreams.
The novel begins with Owen Browne testing a forty-five-foot...
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