Far Tortuga

Name: Far Tortuga
Author: Peter Matthiessen

by Peter Matthiessen

Experimental novel about Caribbean turtle fishermen told through sparse, fragmented prose

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About the author

Peter Matthiessen

American novelist and naturalist whose Shadow Country, a rewriting of his Watson trilogy, won the National Book Award in 2008. His fiction and nonfiction share a deep engagement with the natural world and human injustice. He was a founding editor of The Paris Review.

More by Peter Matthiessen

Shadow CountryVast novel of frontier violence and territorial conflict set in Florida swamplands
At Play in the Fields of the LordEpic narrative of missionaries and indigenous encounters in South American jungle
The Tree Where Man Was BornTravel narrative reflecting on African landscapes, wildlife, and human relationship with nature
The Snow LeopardSpiritual journey memoir of Himalayan pilgrimage pursuing elusive snow leopard