Learning to Swim by Graham Swift
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
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The Stranger
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Never Let Me Go
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The Road
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Beloved
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The Bluest Eye
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In Cold Blood
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Lolita
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The Year of Magical Thinking
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Blood Meridian
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The Remains of the Day
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All the Pretty Horses
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Song of Solomon
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The Fire Next Time
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Klara and the Sun: A GMA Book Club Pick
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No Country for Old Men
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Sula
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As I Lay Dying
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Norwegian Wood
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Kafka on the Shore
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Giovanni's Room
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Perfume
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Independent People
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
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A Fine Balance
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The Plague
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The Sound and the Fury
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The Woman Warrior
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1Q84
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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Ulysses
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White Teeth
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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The English Patient
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The Crossing
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The Master and Margarita
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If Beale Street Could Talk
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The Fall
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Possession
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Absalom, Absalom!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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The Buried Giant
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Written on the Body
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Jazz
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The Razor's Edge
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The Plot Against America
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Suttree
Swift, author of the bestselling MOTIVATION series (parts 1–3), has had his work highlighted on a variety of websites and in stories ranging from MilwaukeeBlackInfo.com to UrbanReviewsonline.com. He began freelancing work for journals such as Code 414, a quarterly publication in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, because he was not satisfied with exclusively non-fiction writing. Swift is best recognized for his streetwise literary style, in which he tells stories that depict life in an inner-city urban setting. His passion for psychology, along with a thorough understanding of street life, provides for an superb portrayal of the life and its characters.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780679739784 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679739785 |
| Title | Learning to Swim |
| Author | Graham Swift |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |