<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In 1912 at a Danish seaside hotel, 12-year-old Malte, a charity case from the city, revels in the freedom of summer. Malte spends his days on the beach, and when a coffin containing a young sailor drifts ashore, the boy is soon absorbed in the sailor's tragic love story and dramatic death.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>For lovers of Howard Norman's <i>The Bird Artist</i>, <i>Prince</i> is an evocative, richly imagined novel about a defining season in the life of a young outcast. In 1912 at a provinical Danish seaside hotel, twelve-year-old Malte, a charity case from the city, revels in the freedom of summer. Largely a solitary boy, Malte spends his days on the beach, transfixed by the sea. When a coffin containing a young sailor drifts ashore, Malte is soon absorbed in the sailor's tragic love story and dramatic death, and their fates become dangerously intertwined.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"[<i>Prince</i>] stirs one's awe at the mystery of life and consciousness and reminds the adult reader of the wonderland that the world can be when viewed through younger eyes." --<i>Bruce Bawer, The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Although there is a fierce logic to both [Michael's] physical and his ethereal Denmark, there is also a dreamy openness to his gentle ghost story that continues to haunt long after Malte's summer is done." --<i>Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Stunning...a tale of love that survives death, and of magical discoveries made in childhood." --<i>Deloris Tarzan Ament, The Seattle Times</i> <p/>"Evocative...Michael's book has a lovely, tinkling quaintness, like a boardwalk calliope, and haunting images of the sea as both a liberator and captor of souls." --<i>Donna Rifkind, Baltimore Sun</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Ib Michael</b> is one of Denmark's foremost writers. The author of more than twenty books, he has traveled throughout the world. <i>Prince</i> is his first novel to be published in the United States. He lives in Copenhagen.</p>