Learning to Swim
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Author:
Graham Swift
Year: 1984
Jacket design and illustration: Fred Marcellino
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Edition: First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780671546137
Comments:
As a man teaches his son to swim, his wife ruminates about their unhappy marriage and dysfunctional family. Fred’s oblique visual metaphor sets the tone for this series of short stories from England. Note the subtle water ripples as the toy boat goes under.