Learning to Swim: And Other Stories - Couverture souple

Swift, Graham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679739785 ISBN 13 : 9780679739784

Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Swift Graham

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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

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: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679739785
• ISBN 13: 9780679739784
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 192