The Seaplane on Final Approach

Name: The Seaplane on Final Approach
ISBN: 9780593314029

Rebecca Rukeyser

2022·288 pages

Literary Fiction

coming of age self discovery

“a perfect blend of deep, dark humor, sadness, and (of course), adolescent horniness”
— Literary Hub

“Rukeyser weaves a dreamlike spell—'Twin Peaks’ by way of ‘Northern Exposure.’”
— LA Times

“Fantastic.”
— The New York Times

Mira is a loner, a drop out, an obsessive fascinated by the concept of sleaze. She wants two things: to move to Alaska and find the tattooed fisherman that’s the object of her desire. Her single-mindedness takes her to the remote Kodiak Archipelago, where she finds work at a homestead-turned-tourist-lodge offering a carousel of meticulously scripted Alaskan experiences. But the lodge is failing and, as life on Lavender Island becomes increasingly claustrophobic and strange, Mira’s plans for her future become more elaborate and perverse. Part meditation on unhinged longing, part biting commentary on eco-tourism and the mythology of the American West, and part yearning portrayal of people at the end of their tether, The Seaplane on Final Approach is wholly original.

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