The Swimmer

Tearne, Roma

ISBN 10: 000730157X / ISBN 13: 9780007301577

Published by Harper Press, 2010

About this Item

Fine condition.Harper Press,2010.First edition-first printing.Purple hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.The book is new with a small ink mark on the outer edges of the pages.272pp.Price un-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Swimmer
• Publisher: Harper Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000730157X
• ISBN 13: 9780007301577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition-first printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Forty-three year old Ria is used to being alone. As a child, her life changed forever with the death of her beloved father and since then, she has struggled to find love. That is, until she discovers the swimmer.

Ben is a young illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka who has arrived in Norfolk via Moscow. Awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application, he is discovered by Ria as he takes a daily swim in the river close to her house. He is twenty years her junior and theirs is an unconventional but deeply moving romance, defying both boundaries and cultures – and the xenophobic residents of Orford. That is, until tragedy occurs.

About the Author

Roma Tearne fled Sri Lanka at the age of ten, travelling to Britain where she has spent most of her life. She gained her Master's degree at the Ruskin Shool of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and was Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. She was recently awarded a fellowship in the visual arts by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain. She lives and works in Oxford.