Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

The men and women in these spare, Kafkaesque stories are engaged in struggles that are no less brutal because they are fought by proxy. In Graham Swift's taut prose, these quiet combative relationships--between a mismatched couple; an aging doctor and his hypochondriacal patient; a teenage refugee swept up in the conflict between an oppressively sentimental father and his rebellious son--become a microcosm for all human cruelty and need.

"Swift proves throughout this ambitious collection that he is a master of his language and the construction of provocative situations."--Houston Chronicle

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/03/1992
ISBN: 9780679739784
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.21w x 0.54d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/10/1992