9780679739784

Learning to Swim

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780679739784

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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

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9780679739784

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0679739785

Weight

0.47 Pounds

Dimensions

5.25 x 0.44 x 8.00 In

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$15.00

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

192 pages

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published On

1992-03-03



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