| Author: | Graham Swift | ISBN: | 9780307829801 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | September 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Graham Swift |
| ISBN: | 9780307829801 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | September 19, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
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
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
