Learning to Swim

From the claustrophobias of hotel rooms to the fragile protectiveness of a doctor's surgery or the sanctuary of a special garden shed, these stories explore the enclosed worlds in which we confine our lives. By the author of "Waterland" which won "The Guardian" Fiction Award.

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.