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Synopsis
Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy.
"Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving.... Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity.... A fine and original work."--Los Angeles Times"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Graham Swift is the author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.
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Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy.
"Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving.... Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity.... A fine and original work."--"Los Angeles Times
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Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy.
"Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving.... Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity.... A fine and original work."--Los Angeles Times
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Waterland (Vintage International)
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992
ISBN 10: 0679739793
ISBN 13: 9780679739791
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Waterland
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ISBN 10: 0679739793
ISBN 13: 9780679739791
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Waterland es una novela de 1983 escrita por Graham Swift, ambientada en la desolada región de Fen Country en East Anglia. Abarca aproximadamente 240 años en la vida del narrador y sus antepasados. La historia entrelaza temas de incesto, locura y el implacable avance de la historia, creando un romance familiar tan atormentado como una tragedia griega. La novela ha sido elogiada por su conocimiento profundo de un pueblo, un lugar y su interconexión, narrada con un estilo contemporáneo y una notable fluidez verbal. EAN: 9780679739791 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Waterland Autor: Graham Swift Editorial: Vintage Idioma: en Páginas: 368 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-02-17-46561983
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Waterland
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