An English schoolteacher and his inner memories combine with the bleak Fenland landscape to produce a multiplicity of stories. Graham Swift weaves together tales of empire building, land reclamation, brewers and lock-keepers to construct a chronicle that spans three centuries. Waterland is simultaneously a family saga, a social history and a story of adolescent love.
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An English schoolteacher and his inner memories combine with the bleak Fenland landscape to produce a multiplicity of stories. Graham Swift weaves together tales of empire building, land reclamation, brewers and lock-keepers to construct a chronicle that spans three centuries. Waterland is simultaneously a family saga, a social history and a story of adolescent love.
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Add this copy of Waterland to cart. $107.92, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Sterling Audio Books.
I'm an avid (professional and amateur) reader of British fiction, and I consider this simply THE most outstanding postwar British novel, though Swift has come close in Last Orders. No book is perfect, but in Waterland Graham Swift has created a world that seduces and a narrative voice that fascinates. READ THIS BOOK!
