Learning to Swim and Other Stories

Swift, Graham (signed)

ISBN 10: 0671546139 / ISBN 13: 9780671546137

Edité par Poseidon Press / Simon & Schuster, New York, 1982

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First U.S. edition. Hardcover in Very Good condition in a Fine dust jacket, 8vo. Gray paper-covered boards, black cloth shelf-back with titles in gold, dark gray end-papers; Almost like new but for black over-stock stamp on bottom of block, signed on title page by author. Bookseller accession no.: 18218. N° de réf. du vendeur 000329

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Titre : Learning to Swim and Other Stories

Éditeur : Poseidon Press / Simon & Schuster, New York

Date d'édition : 1982

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : Fine

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Book by Swift Graham

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