With an introduction by John Burnside Shortlisted for the 1983 Booker prize, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize. Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history... Zobraziť viac
In the years since its first publication, in 1983, "Waterland" has established itself as one of the classics of twentieth-century British literature: a visionary tale of England's Fen country; a sinuous meditation on the workings of history... Zobraziť viac
'An immensely readable volume. On every page, Swift emerges as a considerable essayist, who upholds the sterling virtue of... Zobraziť viac