Swimming Pool / Piotr Florczyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florczyk, Piotr, author.

Series:

Object Lessons.

Object Lessons

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swimming.

Swimming pools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. As a former world-ranked swimmer whose journey toward naturalization and U.S. citizenship began with a swimming fellowship, Piotr Florczyk reflects on his own adventures in swimming pools while taking a closer look at artists, architects, writers, and others who have helped to cement the swimming pool's prominent and iconic role in our society and culture. Swimming Pool explores the pool as a place where humans seek to attain the unique union between mind and body. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Contents:

1. Where Do You Swim? 2. What Is Your Pool? 3. Why Do You Swim? 4. Who Gets to Swim? Afterword: From Pool to Page Acknowledgments Notes Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501394904

1501394908

9781501394881

1501394886

OCLC:

1395424670