Waterland
Graham Swift
Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
Waterland
by Graham Swift
—· 358 p· 1983
Booker Prize20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivephilosophicalhauntingdark
Overview
About
Waterland
is a 1983 novel by Graham Swift. It is considered to be the author's premier novel and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (a prize Swift finally achieved with Last Orders).
Pages
358
Picador in association with Heinemann
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Prose9
Narration9
Historical Memory9
Emotional depth8
Family Saga8
Worldbuilding7
Plot twists6
Pacing6
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