{"product_id":"waterland","title":"Graham. Swift: Waterland [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by John Burnside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 1983 Booker prize, winner of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me offer you a definition - is the story-telling animal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Crick is a passionate teacher, but before he is forced into retirement by scandal, he has one last history lesson to deliver: his own. Spanning more than 200 years in the lives of its haunted narrator and his ancestors, \u003ci\u003eWaterland \u003c\/i\u003eis a visionary tale of England's mysterious Fen country. Taking in eels and incest, ale-making and madness, the discovery of a body and a tragic family romance, this is an extraordinary novel about the heartless sweep of history and man's changing place within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years since its first publication in 1983, Graham Swift's \u003ci\u003eWaterland\u003c\/i\u003e has established itself as a much-loved classic of twentieth-century British literature. It was shortlisted for the Booker prize, won the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFiction Prize and has been adapted into a film starring Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swift, Graham. \u0026 Burnside, John","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44499604144418,"sku":"9781447275503","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/swift-graham-burnside-john-graham-swift-waterland-2015-paperback-9781447275503-60250738393427.jpg?v=1733027891","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/waterland","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}