Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

Graham Swift

ISBN 10: 0679739785 ISBN 13: 9780679739784

Published by Vintage March 1992, 1992

Language: English

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Title

Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

Publisher

Vintage March 1992

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0679739785

ISBN 13

9780679739784

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Trade Paperback

Condition

Good

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The men and women in these spare, Kafkaesque stories are engaged in struggles that are no less brutal because they are fought by proxy. In Graham Swift's taut prose, these quiet combative relationships--between a mismatched couple; an aging doctor and his hypochondriacal patient; a teenage refugee swept up in the conflict between an oppressively sentimental father and his rebellious son--become a microcosm for all human cruelty and need.

"Swift proves throughout this ambitious collection that he is a master of his language and the construction of provocative situations."--Houston Chronicle

About the Author

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of ten novels, three collections of short stories, and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry, and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland, he won the Guardian Fiction Award, and with Last Orders the Booker Prize. Both novels have since been made into films. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

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