New Book The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover] in January 2012
New Book List Recommendations Update new release in January with The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover]
The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover]
Book List Recommendations The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover]
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The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover] reviews:
- Great Read
As you navigate the pages of Bondurant's work, you become enchanted with each the nostalgic beauty of eire and horrified by the ruggedness of a culture lost in time. Bondurant does an amazing job at balancing the idealistic quintessiential Irish pub and people, however then takes the reader through twists and turns introducting you to the underbelly of an Irish culture not welcoming to newcomers, or as he refers within the novel "blow-ins". The authors ability to capture the peaceful monotony known to any distance swimmer is exquisite, and his description of Irish gales literally teleports you into the storm in your mind. I consider a number of the reviews within which a number of the characterization may well be additional thorough and that i found myself struggling to urge a "real grasp" of characters beyond Elly (the heroine. I found myself extraordinarily disappointed at the ending, not becuase i was unsatisfied with the book, however additional I wished to listen to additional of the story behind all of the characters and felt the top came somewhat to bluntly! And example of this is i'm still left hanging concerning Miranda's role, a mysterious creature developed by Bondurant who seems to serve the role of island "watchdog". However, the mixing of John Cheever's work and also the backstory of O'boyle's schizophrenic mother and her last etchings is wonderful foreshadowing to "what is to come". Overall, this was an amazing scan, and wonderful prose written in just a way a true storyteller can. If you would like to crawl and bed at midnight and be transported to a far off land, where your imagination will build beauty and angst - this is the novel for you! By far Bondurant's best work to date!
The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover] Description:
The Night Swimmer, Matt Bondurant’s utterly riveting modern gothic novel of marriage and belonging, confirms his gift for storytelling that transports and enthralls.
In a small town on the southern coast of Ireland, an isolated place only frequented by fishermen and the occasional group of bird-watchers, Fred and Elly Bulkington, newly arrived from Vermont having won a pub in a contest, encounter a wild, strange land shaped by the pounding storms of the North Atlantic, as well as the native resistance to strangers. As Fred revels in the life of a new pubowner, Elly takes the ferry out to a nearby island where anyone not born there is called a “blow-in.” To the disbelief of the locals, Elly devotes herself to open-water swimming, pushing herself to the limit and crossing unseen boundaries that drive her into the heart of the island’s troubles—the mysterious tragedy that shrouds its inhabitants and the dangerous feud between an enigmatic farmer and a powerful clan that has no use for outsiders.
The poignant unraveling of a marriage, the fierce beauty of the natural world, the mysterious power of Irish lore, and the gripping story of strangers in a strange land rife with intrigue and violence—The Night Swimmeris a novel of myriad enchantments by a writer of extraordinary talent.
The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover] Editorial reviews:
Matt Bondurant’s second novel The Wettest County in the World was a New York Times Editor’s Pick, and one of the San Francisco Chronicle's Best 50 Books of the Year. His first novel The Third Translation (Hyperion 2005) was an international bestseller, translated into 14 languages worldwide. His short fiction has appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, The New England Review, and Glimmer Train, among others. He currently teaches literature and writing in the Arts & Humanities graduate program at the University of Texas at Dallas
The Night Swimmer: A Novel [Hardcover] Details:
- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Scribner (January 10, 2012)
- Language: English
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