Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

Swift, Graham

ISBN 10: 0679739785 / ISBN 13: 9780679739784

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

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

Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread.