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Waterland

Graham Swift (author)

Hardback Published on: 25/10/2013

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Waterland

(This is a review of the Everyman’s Library edition: 9781841593562) Novel: I really loved this book. For me the perfect book balances a discussion on mo... READ MORE

Joshua at Berkhamsted

Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

Publisher: Everyman
ISBN: 9781841593562
Number of pages: 408
Dimensions: 210 x 135 x 25 mm
Weight: 475g
Languages: English

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A very British novel

This accomplished novel is written in the tradition of British greats such as Hardy, Bronte and Dickens. Swift uses the topography of the Fens as an extend... READ MORE

Tim Dumble

One of the great English novels of the 1980s

Swift smashes the myth of human ‘progress’ in this merciless depiction of the human condition as one of endless reclamation from the silting of history, ev... READ MORE

Christopher Stott