What Did the Deep Sea Say

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In the aftermath of loss, a mother and young son cross the ocean to a remote strip of land on the north Atlantic - a stunning meditation on how the physical world can bring us back to earth from the edge of grief

In the aftermath of catastrophic loss, a mother and her young son cross the Atlantic, taking refuge in a wooden house on a remote strip of land. Viewed from the shore, where land meets sea, the horizon is a line that holds their attention and draws them in. Camera in hand, she charts their progress and starts to imagine new ways of being and a new existence for her small family.

Writing with precision and clarity, Coutts combines the real with the fictional, thinking through art, poetry, geology, maps and Minecraft to present a devastating and fierce reflection on intimacy and separation, the visible and the invisible and the fragility and strangeness of the ocean and its borders.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781911717539
Published: February 2026

Number of pages: 224
Width: 145 mm
Height: 224 mm
Depth: 23 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing