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A celebration of swimming includes commentary on swimming pulled from the works of Goethe, Fitzgerald, Mishima, and Swinburne; snippets from Olympic history; photographs of literary greats submerged; and pieces from the great Hollywood "swimming musicals."

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An exploration of the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, from the god-like Greeks to Virginia Woolf to Mark Spitz. Sprawson gives us fascinating glimpses of the great swimming heroes - liberally laden with references to literature, film, art, musicals and Olympic history.
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Charles Sprawson is an obsessional swimmer and diver. He recently swam the Hellespont.

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  • PublisherPantheon
  • Publication date1993
  • ISBN 10 0679420517
  • ISBN 13 9780679420514
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages320
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