Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
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- Synopsis
- A new re-issue of the cult swimming classic, twenty-five years after its first publication.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY AMY LIPTROT‘A luminously romantic history of swimming’ GuardianHaunts of the Black Masseur is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes, from Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's funeral to Hart Crane diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico. Bursting with anecdote, Charles Sprawson leads us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-gods – a world that has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to Yeats, Woolf, Fitzgerald and Hockney. Original, enticing and dripping with references to literature, film, art and Olympic history, this cult swimming classic pays sparkling tribute to water and the cultural meanings we attach to it.‘This splendid and wholly original book is as zestful as a plunge in champagne’ Iris Murdoch
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781409043454
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780099223313, 9780099577249
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Date of Addition:
- 06/27/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Charles Sprawson, Amy Liptrot
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Amy Liptrot
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