The Night Swimmer
- 作者:Bondurant,Matt
- 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
- 出版日期:2012-01-10
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:1451625294
- ISBN13:9781451625295
- 裝訂:16.5 x 25.4 x 3.2 cm / 普通級 / 雙色印刷
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 ��low-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��he 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��I>The Night Swimmer is a novel of myriad enchantments by a writer of extraordinary talent.