The swimmers / Julie Otsuka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otsuka, Julie, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swimmers--Fiction.

Swimmers.

Japanese Americans--Fiction.

Japanese Americans.

Dementia--Patients.

Dementia.

Dementia--Patients--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Summary:

"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"-- Provided by publisher.

"The swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow lane, fast lane), and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world. One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was a final stand against the darkness of her encroaching dementia. Without the fellowship of other swimmers and the routine of her daily laps she is plunged into dislocation and chaos, swept into memories of her childhood and the Japanese American incarceration camp in which she spent the war. Alice's estranged daughter, reentering her mother's life too late, witnesses her devastating decline"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Otsuka, Julie, 1962- Swimmers.

ISBN:

9780593321331

0593321332

OCLC:

1252762285