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The swimmers / Julie Otsuka.
The swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow lane, fast lane), and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world without comfort or relief. One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was a final stand against the darkness of her encroaching dementia. Without the fellowship of other swimmers and the routine of her daily laps she is plunged into dislocation and chaos, swept into memories of her childhood and the Japanese internment camp in which she spent the war. Narrated by Alice's daughter, who witnesses her stark and devastating decline, The Swimmers is a searing, intimate story of mothers and daughters, and the sorrows of implacable loss, written in spellbinding, incantatory prose.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321331 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593321332 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780593466629
- Physical Description: 175 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Swimmers > Fiction. Japanese Americans > Fiction. Dementia > Patients > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 44 of 50 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 4 current holds with 50 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION OTSUKA (Text) | 50687011776443 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION OTSUKA (Text)
Bookplate:
In Memory of Vincent Galenas
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50686016148079 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F OTS (Text) | 33240004954155 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boyertown Community Library | OTS (Text) | 33249024832937 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | FICTION OTSUKA (Text) | 50688010811462 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Degenstein Community Library | FIC OTSUKA (Text) | 35031301210570 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults OTS Fiction (Text) | 34001001409844 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| DuBois Public Library | FIC OTSUKA (Text) | 61000100078993 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Emmaus Public Library | FIC OTSUKA, JULIE (Text) | 36446002058397 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | OTS (Text) | 33249025324819 | Fiction | Available | - |
