LEARNING TO SWIM & OTHER STORIES (SIGNED).

SWIFT, Graham.

ISBN 10: 0330287702 / ISBN 13: 9780330287708

Edité par Picador Edition, Pan Books,, London,, 1985

A propos de cet article

First Paperback Edition. 12mo. pp 146, (8). Colour illustrated card wraps/pb with black lettering at spine. Signed presentation copy, message reads, "To Malcolm [Bradbury], Happy Days! Graham Swift, Cambridge July '90". Also signed by previous owner, Malcolm Bradbury. ISBN: 0330287702 Front hinge very lightly rubbed, some light spotting at top edge of content, spine and content very slightly faded. VG+.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: LEARNING TO SWIM & OTHER STORIES (SIGNED).
• Éditeur: Picador Edition, Pan Books,, London,
• Date de parution: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0330287702
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780330287708
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Signé: Signedes

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Synopsis

'Graham Swift has shown that he has an authority - of style, characterization, grasp of life. These concentrated enigmatic stories address their subjects with such intelligent conviction and clarity that their ambiguities are not left to be stumbled on by the reader, but are challengingly displayed. They are like James' stories in the way they apply an almost scientific analytical cleverness to the things in life which are forever vague, painful or imponderable' - "Times Literary Supplement". 'The ties that bind people, the good and bad things they do to each other, the happiness, embarrassment and the pain that they cause their friends, their partners, their children - these are Graham Swift's chief concerns. He has a wide range; he can be delicately sensitive or outrageously funny. He is a born storyteller' - "Daily Telegraph".

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