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100	1		_aSwift, Graham,
245	1	0	_aWaterland / _cGraham Swift.
250			_arevised
260			_aLondon : _bPicador, _c1992.
300			_a358 p. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London : Heinemann, 1983.
520			_a In the flat, watery Fen Country of East Anglia, a passionate history teacher named Tom Crick is being forced into early retirement from the school where he has taught for thirty years. When a student rebelliously questions the value of the subject to which Tom has devoted his life, Tom responds with his own personal retrospective. His story--intertwined with the stories of the local wetlands, the French Revolution, and World War II, among other things--throws light onto the dark circumstances of the current day, revealing how his wife's tragic youth led to the events surrounding his forced retirement. A monumental tribute to the past, a gripping multigenerational family saga, and a powerful affirmation of the history of self, this exceptional novel illuminates the cycles of time in which we live.
650		0	_aHistory teachers _zEngland _zFens, The
650		0	_aMentally ill women _zEngland _zFens, The
650		0	_aAutobiographical memory
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