The Swimmers
$19.98
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2023
Summary
From the internationally bestselling author of The Buddha in the Attic comes a novel about memory and loss, mothers and daughters, the stories that make up a life, and what happens when they start to unravel.
“Up there,” she says, “I’m just another little old lady. But down here, at the pool, I’m myself.”
For the people who swim there each day, the local pool is a haven of unexpected kinship and private solace. For Alice, her daily laps have become the ritual that giv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241994283 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241994284 |
| Author: | Julie Otsuka |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 141g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 11mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Her wisdom is staggeringly beautiful, implicating each of us * The Irish Times *
Here comes the new Julie Otsuka novel, so we can begin to live again * Colson Whitehead, author of Harlem Shuffle *
Heartbreaking and astoundingly good * Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers *
I’m in awe of how this beautiful, graceful novel can hold so much grief and loss and love in its pages: a literary gem. * Nicci Gerard, author of Soham: A Story Of Our Times *
‘If it wasn’t tragedy it would be comedy, and it nimbly treads the very narrow line between’ * The Tablet *
‘One of the marvels of The Swimmers is its unshowy portrayal of the immense drama inherent in losing the mind before the body has expired. But perhaps even more impressive is its respect for the general confusion of living’ * Financial Times *
Poignant and funny, I’ve never read such a brilliant account of this devastating illness, nor for that matter of the compulsive nature of swimming lengths in a pool. * Collagerie *
“The Swimmers” is an exquisite companion. Though it doesn’t answer the unanswerable, the novel’s quiet insistence resonates: that it is our perfectly ordinary proclivities that make us who we are. * New York Times *
An unforgettable novel about mothers and daughters by a spellbinding talent * Daily Mail *
Stylistically ambitious and deeply moving * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She pursued a career as a painter for several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. She is the author of When the Emperor Was Divine, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, The Buddha in the Attic, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2012, and The Swimmers. She is a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, France’s Prix Femina tranger, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She lives in New York City.
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