Learning to Swim: And Other Stories Contributor(s): Swift, Graham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679739785 ISBN-13: 9780679739784 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1992 Annotation: 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 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 91050601 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.21" W x 7.98" (0.49 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 |