{"product_id":"swimming-home-a-novel","title":"Swimming Home: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen poet Joe Jacobs arrives with his family at a villa overlooking the French Riviera, he is startled to find a young woman floating in the swimming pool. Kitty Finch, a troubled self-described botanist with green-painted fingernails, claims she belongs there, and, to everyone's surprise, Joe's wife allows her to stay. As the uneasy holiday unfolds, Kitty's presence begins to expose the hidden tensions, desires, and unspoken truths that bind the family together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElegant, unsettling, and psychologically acute, \u003cem\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about love, memory, depression, and the secrets people keep from themselves. Deborah Levy's luminous prose transforms an idyllic summer setting into the stage for a quietly devastating exploration of intimacy and self-deception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeborah Levy is a British novelist, playwright, and essayist whose work has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, for \u003cem\u003eSwimming Home\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHot Milk\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eLiving Autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, including \u003cem\u003eThings I Don't Want to Know\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eReal Estate\u003c\/em\u003e. Her writing is celebrated for its originality, psychological depth, and striking prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMay 13, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · British Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781620401699\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222953746614,"sku":"9781620401699","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781620401699.jpg?v=1782567995","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/swimming-home-a-novel","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}