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Sinopsis

From the claustrophobias of hotel rooms to the fragile protectiveness of a doctor's surgery or the sanctuary of a special garden shed, these stories explore the enclosed worlds in which we confine our lives. By the author of "Waterland" which won "The Guardian" Fiction Award.

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From the claustrophobias of hotel rooms to the fragile protectiveness of a doctor's surgery or the sanctuary of a special garden shed, these stories explore the enclosed worlds in which we confine our lives. By the author of "Waterland" which won "The Guardian" Fiction Award.

Biografía del autor

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of many acclaimed novels, two collections of short stories (England and Other Stories, and Learning to Swim and Other Stories) and Making an Elephant, a book of essays, portraits, poetry and reflections on his life in writing. With Waterland he won the Guardian Fiction Prize (1983), and with Last Orders the Booker Prize (1996). Both novels have since been made into films. Graham Swift's work has appeared in over thirty languages.

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