The Union of Synchronised Swimmers - Couverture souple

Sandu, Cristina

 
9781913348236: The Union of Synchronised Swimmers
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ISBN 10 : 1913348237 ISBN 13 : 9781913348236
Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2021

Synopsis

It's summer behind the Iron Curtain, and six girls are about to swim their way to the Olympics - and a new life.
In an unnamed Soviet state, six girls meet each day to swim. At first, they play, splashing each other and floating languidly on the water's surface. But soon the game becomes something more.
They hone their bodies relentlessly. Their skin shades into bruises. They barter cigarettes stolen from the factory where they work for swimsuits to stretch over their sunburnt skin. They tear their legs into splits, flick them back and forth, like herons. They force themselves to stop breathing.
When they find themselves representing their country as synchronised swimmers in the Olympics, they seize the chance they have been waiting for to escape and begin new lives.
Scattered around the globe, six women live in freedom. But will they ever be able to forget what they left behind?

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À propos de l?auteur

Cristina Sandu was born in 1989 in Helsinki to a Finnish-Romanian family who loved books. She has studied literature at the University of Helsinki and the University of Edinburgh, and speaks six languages. She currently lives in the UK and works as a full-time writer. Her debut novel The Whale Called Goliath (2017) was nominated for the Finlandia Prize. The Union of Synchronised Swimmers will be her first book to be published in English.



Cristina Sandu was born in 1989 in Helsinki to a Finnish-Romanian family who loved books. She has studied literature at the University of Helsinki and the University of Edinburgh, and speaks six languages. She currently lives in the UK and works as a full-time writer. Her debut novel The Whale Called Goliath (2017) was nominated for the Finlandia Prize. The Union of Synchronised Swimmers will be her first book to be published in English.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

It's summer behind the Iron Curtain, and six girls are about to swim their way to the Olympics - and a new life.
In an unnamed Soviet state, six girls meet each day to swim. At first, they play, splashing each other and floating languidly on the water's surface. But soon the game becomes something more.
They hone their bodies relentlessly. Their skin shades into bruises. They barter cigarettes stolen from the factory where they work for swimsuits to stretch over their sunburnt skin. They tear their legs into splits, flick them back and forth, like herons. They force themselves to stop breathing.
When they find themselves representing their country as synchronised swimmers in the Olympics, they seize the chance they have been waiting for to escape and begin new lives.
Scattered around the globe, six women live in freedom. But will they ever be able to forget what they left behind?

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Scribe Publications
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1913348237
ISBN 13 
9781913348236
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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