On a wild Irish strand Kate flees in panic from her best friend's kiss,
then must search for him through the universe. This first volume of
Finnegan's Kate-Pearl series, at once stirring romance and spiritual
parable, has won many plaudits for Its literary style, reminiscent of
writers like Joyce, Faulkner, Hopkins, Yeats, or Homer. This revised and
enlarged edition, reproduced with corrections from the author's original
manuscript, includes an extended analysis of its unusual style and
genesis.