Waterland: Introduction by Tim Binding

Swift, Graham

ISBN 10: 0375712372 / ISBN 13: 9780375712371

Published by Everyman's Library, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Waterland: Introduction by Tim Binding
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375712372
• ISBN 13: 9780375712371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Graham Swift’s extraordinary masterpiece—a finalist for the Booker Prize—WATERLAND weaves together eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as Greek tragedy into one epic story.

In the flat, watery Fen Country of East Anglia, a passionate history teacher named Tom Crick is being forced into early retirement from the school where he has taught for thirty years. When a student rebelliously questions the value of the subject to which Tom has devoted his life, Tom responds with his own personal retrospective. His story—intertwined with the stories of the local wetlands, the French Revolution, and World War II, among other things—throws light onto the dark circumstances of the current day, revealing how his wife’s tragic youth led to the events surrounding his forced retirement. A monumental tribute to the past, a gripping multigenerational family saga, and a powerful affirmation of the history of self, this exceptional novel illuminates the cycles of time in which we live.

Introduction by Tim Bunding

About the Author

Graham Swift is the author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.