by Graham Swift · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780679739791
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«Waterland» is Graham Swift's historical and literary novel, published by Vintage in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Set in the desolate Fen Country region of East Anglia, the novel spans some 240 years in the life of a tormented narrator and his ancestors. Eels, brewing, incest and madness intertwine with the relentless advance of history and a family drama worthy of Greek tragedy.
The novel was originally published in 1983; it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Guardian Fiction Award and the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Waterland is Graham Swift's third novel.
For readers of literary and historical fiction, with an interest in family sagas and contemporary British narrative set in England.
Graham Colin Swift FRSL is an English novelist, poet and short story writer.
