TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swift,Graham
TI  - Waterland
SN  - 0330336320
PY  - 1992///
CY  - London
PB  - Picador
KW  - History teachers
KW  - England
KW  - Fens, The
KW  - Mentally ill women
KW  - Autobiographical memory
N1  - Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1983
N2  -  In the flat, watery Fen Country of East Anglia, a passionate history teacher named Tom Crick is being forced into early retirement from the school where he has taught for thirty years. When a student rebelliously questions the value of the subject to which Tom has devoted his life, Tom responds with his own personal retrospective. His story--intertwined with the stories of the local wetlands, the French Revolution, and World War II, among other things--throws light onto the dark circumstances of the current day, revealing how his wife's tragic youth led to the events surrounding his forced retirement. A monumental tribute to the past, a gripping multigenerational family saga, and a powerful affirmation of the history of self, this exceptional novel illuminates the cycles of time in which we live
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