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Waterland

by Graham Swift
$6.06
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Waterland - Thryft
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Distinctive appeal: History reimagined in personal storytelling.

Waterland could be a great read for someone looking to explore the intersection of personal and collective history. Swift's vivid imagery and intimate storytelling put the reader on the banks of the Fen, while grappling with questions of knowledge, loss, and storytelling itself. This book is a must-read for fans of the historical fiction genre.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (1983)
  • Guardian Fiction Award (1983)
  • Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (1983)
  • Premio Grinzane Cavour for Narrativa Straniera (1987)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Waterland

by Graham Swift
$6.06
$5.45 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780679739791
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $31.05
Authors: Graham Swift
Publisher: Vintage International
Date of Publication: 1992-03-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: War, Race, Classics, Philosophy, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 9218 readers)

Description

Set in the bleak Fen Country of East Anglia, and spanning some 240 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, Waterland is a book that takes in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a family romance as tormented as any in Greek tragedy."Waterland, like the Hardy novels, carries with all else a profound knowledge of a people, a place, and their interweaving.... Swift tells his tale with wonderful contemporary verve and verbal felicity.... A fine and original work."--Los Angeles Times
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Distinctive appeal: History reimagined in personal storytelling.

Waterland could be a great read for someone looking to explore the intersection of personal and collective history. Swift's vivid imagery and intimate storytelling put the reader on the banks of the Fen, while grappling with questions of knowledge, loss, and storytelling itself. This book is a must-read for fans of the historical fiction genre.

  • Booker Prize Nominee (1983)
  • Guardian Fiction Award (1983)
  • Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize (1983)
  • Premio Grinzane Cavour for Narrativa Straniera (1987)
  • Metų verstinė knyga Nominee (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.