Author: Graham Swift
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780679739784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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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
Author: Graham Swift
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521485555
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 223
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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14–18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will feature writing in English from various genres and differing times. Learning to Swim by Graham Swift is edited by Richard Hoyes, Head of Sixth Form at Farnham College.
Author: Sara J. Henry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410455253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 487
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Witnessing a small boy being thrown into the middle of Lake Champlain, Troy Chance rescues the child only to discover that he had been kidnapped and is at the center of a bizarre and violent plot.
Author: Magali Deloi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Author: Daniel Lea
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719068379
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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This book offers an accessible critical introduction to the work of Graham Swift, one of Britain's most significant contemporary authors. Through detailed readings of his novels and short stories from The Sweet Shop Owner to The Light of Day, Daniel Lea lucidly addresses the key themes of history, loss, masculinity and ethical redemption, to present a fresh approach to Swift.
Author: Andrew Maunder
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816074968
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 545
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A comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth. With approximately 450 entries, this A-to-Z guide explores the literary contributions of such writers as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D H Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Amis, and others.
Author: Aleks Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Children's Sports Books: An Illustrated Children's Story About Swimming to Teach Your Child How to Never Give Up Their Dreams! Are you looking for a fun book to help you teach your kids the value of perseverance? Do you want your kids to learn how to regulate feelings of frustration and anger? If that's the case, it's time to consider children's stories! When they're young, kids learn about the world through playing. They like having fun, there's no doubt about it. So if you come up and try to teach them a lesson, they're not going to get that. You need to have a fun and entertaining approach to their education. Kids learn best when they can relate to the story or have fun with it. It's all about interaction and adventure. This is why the best children's books tie together valuable lessons about life with whimsical adventures. In this story, we meet Max and his parents. It's Max's first day of swimming lessons, and he's super excited. But, things don't go too well on that first try. Feeling frustrated, Max wants to give up on his dream. Luckily, his parents are there to teach him how to win! Here's what you and your child will learn in this book: Kids and frustration: How to understand emotions with the best strategies for emotional regulation Growth mindset for kids: A lesson in perseverance and understanding that all great things take time A no-quit attitude: Positive guidelines for kids to develop character and self-confidence to follow their dreams AND SO MUCH MORE! We've all been on the other end of toddler frustration with no idea how to respond to their complaints. This children's book about swimming will help you find the right words (and pictures) to underline the importance of never giving up on your dreams! Scroll up, Click on "Buy Now with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy Now!
Author: Stephanie Wildman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952209642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Are you afraid to put your face in the water? So is Diante. He would like to play in the pool with other children. He's not afraid to hang upside down, though, and he's surprised to learn his grandma is. Can Diante help Grandma and become brave in the water?
Author: David Malcolm
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035159
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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"Malcolm discusses the novelist's use of major twentieth-century historical events to shape and deform the lives of his characters; his focus on the distortions and evasions that characterize the discussion of personal, local, and national histories; and his fascination with the complexities, sufferings, and joys that mark individual lives. Malcolm suggests that despite Swift's dark vision of human suffering, he tempers his writing with an intermittent focus on that which can redeem our failures, our losses, and our cruelties."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Tomasz Dobrogoszcz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498569528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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This collection of essays on Graham Swift’s fiction brings together the perspectives of renowned Swift scholars from around the world. Authors look at the swift’s oeuvre from different interpretative angles, combining a variety of critical and theoretical approaches. This book covers all of Swift’s fiction, including his novels and short stories; special emphasis, however, is on his most recent books. By approaching Swift’s work from a number of perspectives, the volume offers a synthetic overview of his literary output. In particular, it searches for thematic and formal continuities between his early and more recent fiction, and attempts to emphasize its new developments and interests.
