| Waterland: Introduction by Tim Binding Contributor(s): Swift, Graham (Author), Binding, Tim (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0375712372 ISBN-13: 9780375712371 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013018835 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.2" W x 8.28" (1.04 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |