Swimmer in the Secret Sea - Hardcover
First published in Redbook in 1975 to enormous acclaim, this O. Henry Award winner sold 100,000 copies in paperback. Available for the first time in hardcover, Swimmer in the Secret Sea is the poignant story of how a man and a woman endured the shock and anguish of their newborn baby's death.
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This novella tells the simple story of Johnny and Diane Laski, a sculptor and his wife, and their attempt to bring a new life into the world, set against the backdrop of a cold Maine winter, deep in the country. In the language of a poet, William Kotzwinkle tells the story of the couple's quiet night drive to the hospital, their long labor, and their, ultimately, unsuccessful breech birth. Unafraid of his subject, Kotzwinkle destroys any sentimental illusions about the "beauty" of childbirth or the distance of birth from death; he reminds us of how closely the two are intertwined, of the frightening power of the life force, and of the unpredictability and uncanniness of death. And yet, his small book is not without hope: "It's just the two of us again," Johnny remarks to his wife as they are returning home from the hospital, and the reader senses that in them the potential for beginning is still alivethe beginning, which, as Plato wrote, "is like a god which as long as it dwells among men saves all things."
About the Author:
William Kotzwinkle is the author of many acclaimed children's books, including Walter the Farting Dog, Trouble in Bugland, and E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial. His novels and short story collections include The Bear When Over the Mountain, The Fan Man, Fata Morgana, and Doctor Rat. A celebrated author, he is a two-time winner of both the National Magazine Award for Fiction and the World Fantasy Award. He lives with his wife in Maine.
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- PublisherAIDAN ELLIS. LONDON 1976
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0856280364
- ISBN 13 9780856280368
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Aidan Ellis 1976 First Edition First Printing Page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in lightly browned and rubbed Dust Jacket. ''. The brief cycle of a baby's life - labour, delivery, death, burial -m in the snow-covered isolation of a Northern landscape. the substance of an acute reading experience. ''. Book. Seller Inventory # 116093
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Book Description [0-85628 036 4] 1976, 1st UK. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 89pp. 16mo. Tells the story of Johnny and Diane Laski, a sculptor and his wife, who live in the Maine countryside. They try to have a baby during a cold winter and this novella describes their dash to the hospital in the dark of night, the long labour, and their failed breech birth. A reminder of how birth SND death are intertwined, but still, not a narrative without hope. Signed to title page. A fine / fine copy. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 130828
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED by William Kotzwinkle on title page. Near fine in a priceclipped, otherwise fine dj. (Top edge foxed) (GC). Seller Inventory # 5691
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