Memories of Low Tide
Memories of Low Tide
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A memoir of childhood, the mother-daughter bond and the transformative power of swimming, by multi-award-winning French author Chantal Thomas.
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Memories of Low Tide by Chantal Thomas
Raised near the beaches of Arcachon, Chantal inherits from her mother a deep love of swimming in the sea. Through her young eyes, Thomas vividly evokes the sensory pleasures of the beach: the smell of seaweed on the shore, the first sharp touch of cold water. With her parents' troubled marriage in the background, the young Chantal roams the maritime landscape freely. In a series of short, delightfully varied chapters, Thomas depicts her growing sense of independence through her developing connection to her environment. Memories of Low Tide is at once a coming-of-age memoir and a multi-faceted exploration of the geography and culture of a seaside town.
• "Wonderful. . her descriptions are a kind of bottled perfection, of long days spent in the sea and sand"--Financial Times
• 'In spare, elegant prose Thomas explores the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.' -- Joanna Pocock, Times Literary Supplement
• "A story of inheritance, of the fluidity of a mother-daughter relationship dissolved in a calm sea, a kind of reverse amniotic fluid, in which to dive and luxuriate deliciously"--Marie Claire
• "This is an infinitely gentle, oblique look at a whole century, passed through as a swimmer crosses the water, from one buoy to another... Haunting and elegiac"--Livres Hebdo
• "Sublime... Delightful"--L'Express
• 'In spare, elegant prose Thomas explores the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.' -- Joanna Pocock, Times Literary Supplement
• "A story of inheritance, of the fluidity of a mother-daughter relationship dissolved in a calm sea, a kind of reverse amniotic fluid, in which to dive and luxuriate deliciously"--Marie Claire
• "This is an infinitely gentle, oblique look at a whole century, passed through as a swimmer crosses the water, from one buoy to another... Haunting and elegiac"--Livres Hebdo
• "Sublime... Delightful"--L'Express
Chantal Thomas was raised at the seaside in Arcachon, near Bordeaux. She has taught literature in a number of American universities and is the author of over 20 books. She also works as a screenwriter. She won the Prix Femina for her novel Farewell, My Queen (2002), also adapted as a film by Benoit Jacquot, and later received the prestigious Roger-Caillois and Prince de Monaco prizes for her entire work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782275206 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782275207 |
| Title | Memories of Low Tide |
| Author | Chantal Thomas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2020-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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