Learning to Swim and Other Stories - Couverture rigide

Swift, Graham

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0330324845 ISBN 13 : 9780330324847

Editeur : Picador, 1993

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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. It will feature writing in English from various genres and differing times. Learning to Swim by Graham Swift is edited by Richard Hoyes, Head of Sixth Form at Farnham College.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330324845
• ISBN 13: 9780330324847
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible