Quotes from book
Ocean Sea

Name: Ocean Sea
Author: Alessandro Baricco

Alessandro BariccoOriginal title Oceano mare (Italian, 1993)

Ocean Sea is a 1993 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. Its narrative revolves around the lives of a group of people gathered at a remote seaside hotel. The novel won the Viareggio Prize.

“I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness.”

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“She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind”

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“There is nothing that can, in the dark become true”

Alessandro Baricco book Ocean Sea

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“This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.”

Alessandro Baricco book Ocean Sea

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