Swimming To Ithaca
$28.51
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2007
Summary
Now in B Format.
An exciting and atmospheric novel which will continue to expand the audience for Simon Mawer.
As Dee Denham, once a beautiful and beloved wife, the toast of colonial Cyprus, lies dying, her former life seems unimaginably distant. And then out of the blue Dee speaks to her son Thomas, sitting at her bedside: she tells him that her illness is a punishment. Compelled by a grief he cannot articulate and a confused childhood memory of betrayal, as Thomas begins the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119236 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349119236 |
| Author: | Simon Mawer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
The Cypriot narrative blooms with life, a certain intrigue and some sharply drawn characters - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Conjures up a 1950s world of carob trees, cocktails and rebellion - THE TIMESA gripping read - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Simon Mawer
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He now lives with his wife and two children in Italy, and teaches at the English School in Rome.
Author Location: Rome, Italy
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