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Haunts of the Black Masseur Charles Sprawson

Haunts of the Black Masseur von Charles Sprawson

Haunts of the Black Masseur Charles Sprawson

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Zusammenfassung

Offers an introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller and more.

Haunts of the Black Masseur Zusammenfassung

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero Charles Sprawson

A new re-issue of the cult swimming classic, a beautiful read filled with detailed description and powerful prose.

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY AMY LIPTROT

'A luminously romantic history of swimming' Guardian

Haunts 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 anecdotes, 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

Haunts of the Black Masseur Bewertungen

[Sprawson] has an ornate style of prose, apparently smooth, but rippling with wit and candour... Haunts of the Black Masseur was a delight when I read it first time round and 25 years on, it strikes me as even better -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Original and sparkling... A haunting, sensual, slippery read that will make you long for seaweed on your skin and sand between your toes. A must for swimmers -- Rebecca Wallersteiner * The Lady *
A wholly original idea...a brilliant translation of a singular passion -- Alan Ross * Times Literary Supplement *
A devoted and luminously romantic history of swimming * Guardian *
An exhilarating plunge into some of the deepest pools inside our heads... Magnificently obsessive, this social and cultural history of swimming is the best book I read this year -- J G Ballard

Über Charles Sprawson

Charles Sprawson was an obsessional swimmer and diver who swam the Hellespont. He died in January 2020.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR005752383
9780099577249
0099577240
Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero Charles Sprawson
Charles Sprawson
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Vintage Publishing
20130207
336
N/A
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