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Out of This World

by Graham Swift

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Publisher Comments:

Out of This World interweaves the history of a blighted family with the tragic and ludicrous history of the twentieth century. Its alternating narrators are a father and daughter — each obsessed with the other and irrevocably estranged — surveying their losses and grievances on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Review:

"Neither its dual narrative structure — one narrator attempting to be ultra-rational and the other playing at being insane — nor its story of unloving fathers and emotionally starved children can compensate for the fact that {this novel's} characters are a sadly spiritless and uninteresting lot." Paul Stuewe, Quill & Quire

Review:

"This is an extraordinarily closely laminated little story; layer upon layer about violence and insufficient loving....The whole tale is spun rapidly and richly to its point. The writing, though, lacks the resonance of Waterland [1984] and the manic Kafkaesque energies of Shuttlecock [1992]." Anne Duchene, The Times Literary Supplement

Review:

"A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting." USA Today

Review:

"This is a powerful meditation on global and familial violence, written in prose of unerring grace and emotional precision." Publishers Weekly

Review:

"Not a book the reader is likely to forget, [Out of This World] deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary literature." Linda Grey Sexton, The New York Times Book Review

Synopsis:

Swift's Waterland established him as a major force in contemporary fiction--an "irrepressible, wide-ranging talent" (The Washington Post Book World). Out Of This World, his eagerly awaited new novel, confirms his status as a world-class novelist.

Synopsis:

Out of This World interweaves the history of a blighted family with the tragic and ludicrous history of the twentieth century. Its alternating narrators are a father and daughter--each obsessed with the other and irrevocably estranged--surveying their losses and grievances on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

"A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting."--USA Today

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679740322

Author:

Swift, Graham

Publisher:

Vintage Books USA

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Fathers and daughters

Subject:

Photographers

Subject:

Photographers -- Fiction.

Subject:

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series Volume:

no. (HCFA)

Publication Date:

19930331

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

212

Dimensions:

8 x 5.4 x 0.5 in 0.5 lb

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Product details 212 pages Vintage Books USA - 1993-03-00 English 9780679740322 Reviews:

"Review" by Paul Stuewe, Quill & Quire, "Neither its dual narrative structure — one narrator attempting to be ultra-rational and the other playing at being insane — nor its story of unloving fathers and emotionally starved children can compensate for the fact that {this novel's} characters are a sadly spiritless and uninteresting lot."

"Review" by Anne Duchene, The Times Literary Supplement, "This is an extraordinarily closely laminated little story; layer upon layer about violence and insufficient loving....The whole tale is spun rapidly and richly to its point. The writing, though, lacks the resonance of Waterland [1984] and the manic Kafkaesque energies of Shuttlecock [1992]."

"Review" by USA Today, "A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting."

"Review" by Publishers Weekly, "This is a powerful meditation on global and familial violence, written in prose of unerring grace and emotional precision."

"Review" by Linda Grey Sexton, The New York Times Book Review, "Not a book the reader is likely to forget, [Out of This World] deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary literature."

"Synopsis" by Libri, Swift's Waterland established him as a major force in contemporary fiction--an "irrepressible, wide-ranging talent" (The Washington Post Book World). Out Of This World, his eagerly awaited new novel, confirms his status as a world-class novelist.

"Synopsis" by Random, Out of This World interweaves the history of a blighted family with the tragic and ludicrous history of the twentieth century. Its alternating narrators are a father and daughter--each obsessed with the other and irrevocably estranged--surveying their losses and grievances on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

"A moving, ingenious and often very funny tale that takes us deep into his characters' wounded, resilient hearts with breathtaking virtuosity...rich, complicated, joyful, arresting."--USA Today