Beasts of the Sea by Turpeinen, Iida

Beasts of the Sea

"Turpeinen matches the heights of Andrea Barrett" in this sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter...
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Author: Iida Turpeinen
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Beasts of the Sea by Turpeinen, Iida

Beasts of the Sea

$41.80

Beasts of the Sea

$41.80
Author: Iida Turpeinen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
"Turpeinen matches the heights of Andrea Barrett" in this sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans (Publishers Weekly starred review).

In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller's sea cow.

In 1859, the governor of the Russian territory of Alaska sends his men to recover the skeleton of the massive marine mammal rumored to have vanished a hundred years before. Two years later, a revered Helsinki professor hires a talented illustrator--a woman!--to make precise drawings of a set of bones sent from afar. The ill-fated beast will help introduce to a skeptical public the concept of human-caused extinction.

Finally, in 1952, the Museum of Zoology assigns its most talented restorer the task of refurbishing the antique skeleton, a testimony to the sea cow's fate that will fire the imaginations of future generations.

A breathtaking literary achievement and an adventure that crosses continents and centuries, Beasts of the Sea is a tale of grand ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the urge to resurrect what humankind has, in its ignorance, destroyed.

Author: Iida Turpeinen
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 11/18/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.53h x 5.80w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780316585835


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2025
Booklist 11/01/2025

About the Author
Iida Turpeinen is a literary scholar writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. Beasts of the Sea was published in Finland to wide acclaim, won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel, and has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Turpeinen lives in Helsinki, Finland.

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