Learning to Swim

And Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Learning to Swim by Graham Swift, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Graham Swift ISBN: 9780307829795
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: September 19, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Graham Swift
ISBN: 9780307829795
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: September 19, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

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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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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