The Sea Inside

In The Sea Inside, Philip Hoare—co-curator of the Moby-Dick Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize—embarks on a personal and exploratory journey to rediscover the sea and its diverse life forms, weaving together stories from his childhood in the south coast to travels across the Azores, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand. Blending memoir with travelogue, the book invites us to reflect on the sea's enduring presence and its significance for our world today, introducing a fascinating cast of humans and creatures along the way.