- 532 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Swimming in the Volcano
About this book
A vibrant portrait of love and politics in the tropics from the National Book Awardāwinning author: "the finest first novel I have read in many years" (William O'Rourke,
Chicago Tribune).
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Winner of the National Book Award for First Fiction for Easy in the Islands, Bob Shacochis returns to the islands with Swimming in the Volcano, a "splendid first novel" that illuminates the beauty and life of the Caribbean ( Library Journal).
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On the fictional island of St. Catherine, an American expatriate becomes unwittingly embroiled in an internecine war between rival factions of the government. Into this potentially explosive scene enters a woman he once loved and lost, but who remains a powerful temptationāone that proves impossible to resist.
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Both an enchanting love story and a sophisticated political novel about the fruits of imperialism in the twentieth century, Swimming in the Volcano is as brutal and seductive a novel as the world it evokes.
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"Scores of island people, from conspiring politicians to barbers on the beach, sprawl across the pages like oleander and hibiscusĀ .Ā .Ā . each of [the book's] scenes is expertly wrought." ā The New York Times Book Review
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Winner of the National Book Award for First Fiction for Easy in the Islands, Bob Shacochis returns to the islands with Swimming in the Volcano, a "splendid first novel" that illuminates the beauty and life of the Caribbean ( Library Journal).
Ā
On the fictional island of St. Catherine, an American expatriate becomes unwittingly embroiled in an internecine war between rival factions of the government. Into this potentially explosive scene enters a woman he once loved and lost, but who remains a powerful temptationāone that proves impossible to resist.
Ā
Both an enchanting love story and a sophisticated political novel about the fruits of imperialism in the twentieth century, Swimming in the Volcano is as brutal and seductive a novel as the world it evokes.
Ā
"Scores of island people, from conspiring politicians to barbers on the beach, sprawl across the pages like oleander and hibiscusĀ .Ā .Ā . each of [the book's] scenes is expertly wrought." ā The New York Times Book Review
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Authorās Note
- Prologue
- Part 1
- Part II
- Part III
- Acknowledgments