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Jessica J. Lee - Canadian, Chinese and British - swims through all four seasons. This is the story of a beautiful obsession: of the thrill of a still, turquoise lake, of cracking the ice before submerging, of floating under blue skies, of cool, fresh, spring swimming - of facing past fears of near drowning and of breaking free.
'Lee is intelligent and controlled, her writing clean and accurate . . . Turning is many things: a snapshot of Berlin seen through the prism of its lakes; the story of a broken and healing heart; a contemplation of identity; a coming-of-age story' Katharine Norbury, Observer
'Bold and brave, she approaches her watery pilgrimage with a minimum amount of fuss . . . Lee writes like a siren, her silken prose blending with softly worn scholarship to enchanting effect' Literary Review
'Turning is filled with a wonderful melancholy as she swims through lakes laden with dark histories . . . Her clear, calm writing encompasses the truth and terror of open-water swimming: the conjunction of human and natural history that it represents as we swimmers hang there in the water, caught between elements, between our land-bound lives stationed in front of liminal screens and the infinite deep that lies beyond' Philip Hoare
Jessica J. Lee - Canadian, Chinese and British - swims through all four seasons. This is the story of a beautiful obsession: of the thrill of a still, turquoise lake, of cracking the ice before submerging, of floating under blue skies, of cool, fresh, spring swimming - of facing past fears of near drowning and of breaking free.
'Lee is intelligent and controlled, her writing clean and accurate . . . Turning is many things: a snapshot of Berlin seen through the prism of its lakes; the story of a broken and healing heart; a contemplation of identity; a coming-of-age story' Katharine Norbury, Observer
'Bold and brave, she approaches her watery pilgrimage with a minimum amount of fuss . . . Lee writes like a siren, her silken prose blending with softly worn scholarship to enchanting effect' Literary Review
'Turning is filled with a wonderful melancholy as she swims through lakes laden with dark histories . . . Her clear, calm writing encompasses the truth and terror of open-water swimming: the conjunction of human and natural history that it represents as we swimmers hang there in the water, caught between elements, between our land-bound lives stationed in front of liminal screens and the infinite deep that lies beyond' Philip Hoare
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
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Genre: | Biographien |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Übersetzungstitel: | Mein Jahr im Wasser |
Inhalt: |
XVII
286 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349008332 |
ISBN-10: | 0349008337 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 549556 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Lee, Jessica J. |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Maße: | 198 x 123 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jessica J. Lee |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.06.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,214 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
---|---|
Genre: | Biographien |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Übersetzungstitel: | Mein Jahr im Wasser |
Inhalt: |
XVII
286 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349008332 |
ISBN-10: | 0349008337 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 549556 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Lee, Jessica J. |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Maße: | 198 x 123 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jessica J. Lee |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.06.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,214 kg |