The North Water

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AMC+
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:television_series
BBC series
gptkbp:author gptkb:Ian_Mc_Guire
gptkbp:awards shortlisted for the 2016 Gordon Burn Prize
gptkbp:character gptkb:Henry_Drax
the crew
the captain
Dr. Sumner
the harpooner
the ship's doctor
gptkbp:conflict man vs. nature
moral dilemmas
man vs. man
survival against the elements
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:genre gptkb:church
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The North Water
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Heart_of_Darkness
gptkb:Moby-Dick
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:region
gptkb:mythological_figure
real historical events
gptkbp:isbn 978-1-5011-0520-0
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Patrick_Sumner
a whaling ship
gptkbp:motif gptkb:betrayal
isolation
desperation
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
gptkbp:page_count gptkb:368
gptkbp:plot gptkb:legal_case
whaling expedition
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:2016
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Scribner
gptkb:Simon_&_Schuster
gptkbp:reader_demographic adult readers
fans of historical fiction
fans of adventure novels
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:2021
gptkbp:setting gptkb:19th_century
gptkb:England
gptkb:Hudson_Bay
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
19th century Arctic
gptkbp:significance explores human nature
examines colonialism
depicts brutality of life at sea
gptkbp:style literary fiction
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:item
ice
gptkbp:theme gptkb:survival
morality
violence