A pristine book that appears UNREAD. The first collection of short stories from the Booker Prize winning author of "Last Orders." Taut prose, spare, Kafkaesque like stories about men and women who are engaged in struggles ., 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.

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Title

LEARNING TO SWIM AND OTHER STORIES

Publisher

Pan Books Ltd./Picador, London

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

0330324845

ISBN 13

9780330324847

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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From the claustrophobias of hotel rooms to the fragile protectiveness of a doctor's surgery or the sanctuary of a special garden shed, these stories explore the enclosed worlds in which we confine our lives. By the author of "Waterland" which won "The Guardian" Fiction Award.

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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14–18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread.

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