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THE SWIMMERS

Couverture du livre « THE SWIMMERS » de Julie Otsuka aux éditions Penguin
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  • Editeur : Penguin
  • EAN : 9780241543887
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  • Support : Papier
Résumé:

From the internationally best-selling author of The Buddha in the Atticbr>br>Alice is one of many for whom their town swimming pool has become the centre of their lives - a place of unexpected kinship, freedom, and ritual. But as Alice''s memory begins to splinter, her husband and daughter make... Voir plus

From the internationally best-selling author of The Buddha in the Atticbr>br>Alice is one of many for whom their town swimming pool has become the centre of their lives - a place of unexpected kinship, freedom, and ritual. But as Alice''s memory begins to splinter, her husband and daughter make the difficult choice to move her into a care home. There, as Alice reaches for the tethers of her past, her daughter must navigate the newly fractured landscape of their relationship.br>br>A story of family, of loss, of the burdens and consolations of caring for each other, The Swimmers is a stunning and unforgettable novel of our time.br>br>PRAISE FOR JULIE OTSUKA:br>br>"Otsuka''s keenly observed prose manages to capture whole histories in a sweep of gorgeous incantatory sentences" Marie Clairebr>br>"Powerfully moving . . . intensely lyrical . . . verges on the edge of poetry" Independentbr>br>"A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women" Telegraph>

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