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Availability:In StockContributor:Stacy CarlsonTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/Arctic/AntarcticPublish date:5/19/2026Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alternating Current PressISBN-13:9781946580627ISBN-10:1946580627UPC:9781946580627Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, PlacesBook Topic:19th Century, Polar RegionsSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCWF6F8VQ7

***Winner of the 2025 Electric Book Award***

An atmospheric journey into the far northern wilds, THE GYRE spins one man's search for meaning into an astonishing saga where adventure, folklore, and the Arctic converge.

Arkady Afanasyev is a nineteenth-century Russian monk who aims to be the northernmost holy man in the world when he hitches a ride to Spitsbergen, a remote island considered by most to be a no man's land. As he struggles across the tundra, he's haunted by regret, a long-lost family, and a chorus of Orthodox saints and Slavic pagan tricksters including hearth spirits, sea demons, and the Twelve Sisters of Scurvy. Amid their uncanny influence and the great, turning, harsh natural world, Arkady is brutally and deeply transformed.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Alternating Current PressISBN-13:9781946580627ISBN-10:1946580627UPC:9781946580627Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, PlacesBook Topic:19th Century, Polar RegionsSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCWF6F8VQ7
Carlson, Stacy: - Stacy Carlson is a novelist, naturalist, and educator. Publishers Weekly called her debut novel, AMONG THE WONDERFUL, "Intelligent, engrossing, and utterly unique." Stacy's essays and fiction have appeared in Tin House, Post Road, Inkwell, and elsewhere, and she has received fellowships and residencies from the Mesa Refuge, The Arctic Circle, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and Signal Fire. Her background includes work as a historical ecologist, fish cannery worker, hot springs caretaker, and hiking guide in Big Sur. She grew up between mountains and sea in the Pacific Northwest and has lived in New England, New York, Northern California, and the Upper Midwest.
Publisher: Alternating Current Press

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