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Een geschiedenisleraar vertelt in zijn lessen over zijn voorouders: dijkwerkers en brouwers.

Het is 30 maart 1924, Moeders Zondag. Het is de dag waarop al het huispersoneel vrijaf krijgt voor familiebezoek. Jane Fairchild is een dienstmeisje dat als kind te vondeling is gelegd. Hoe zal zij deze dag doorbrengen? Zij heeft immers geen moeder om te bezoeken. Hoe zal de rest van haar leven zich ontvouwen, na de gebeurtenissen van deze dag – een dag om nooit meer te vergeten? Het verrassende, diep ontroerende levensverhaal van een jonge vrouw vormt het hart van dit briljante boek – Graham Swift op zijn allerbest.

Als een Engelse campingeigenaar bericht krijgt dat zijn broer als militair in Irak is gesneuveld, denkt hij terug aan zijn jeugd die zij samen op de familieboerderij hebben doorgebracht.

Graham Swift's latest fiction explores profound themes of memory, loss, and the passage of time, weaving together intricate narratives that reflect on personal and collective histories. His masterful storytelling invites readers to delve into the complexities of human relationships and the impact of choices on life’s trajectory. With rich character development and evocative prose, the novel promises to engage and resonate deeply with its audience, showcasing Swift's signature style and literary prowess.

In Waterland, Tom Crick, a history teacher in the Fenlands, is driven by a marital crisis and the provocation of one of his pupils to forsake his teaching and relate the story of his family, who have lived in the Fens since the eighteenth century. In Last Orders, four men once close to jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, Last Orders is Graham Swift's most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.

A collection of short stories by young British writers, this provides an introduction to the work of Iain Banks, Peter Benson, H.S. Bhabra, James Buchan, Patricia Ferguson, Ronald Frame, Patrick Gale, Carlo Gebler, James Lasdun, Deborah Levy, Adam Lively, Aidan Mathews, Candia McWilliam, Geoff Nicholson, Tim Parks, Philip Ridley, Joan Smith, Rupert Thomson, Daisy Waugh and Mathew Yorke. Many of these have already received critical acclaim. The collection is introduced by Graham Swift, author of "Waterland" and "Out of this World".

'Graham Swift has shown that he has an authority - of style, characterization, grasp of life. These concentrated enigmatic stories address their subjects with such intelligent conviction and clarity that their ambiguities are not left to be stumbled on by the reader, but are challengingly displayed. They are like James's stories in the way they apply an almost scientific analytical cleverness to the things in life which are forever vague, painful or imponderable' Times Literary Supplement 'The ties that bind people, the good and bad things they do to each other, the happiness, embarrassment and the pain that they cause their friends, their partners, their children - these are Graham Swift's chief concerns. He has a wide range; he can be delicately sensitive or outrageously funny. He is a born storyteller' Daily Telegraph

Swift's latest novel explores friendship and love shaped by the past and fate, centered on four men fulfilling their friend Jack's last wishes. As they journey to scatter his ashes, they confront their shared history, revealing a tapestry of sorrow, passion, and regret, while reflecting on a changing England and enduring mortality.

Harry Beech, an aerial photographer, surveys his scarred memories - his career as a photojournalist, abruptly terminated; the death by terrorists of his father, and his marriage. Meanwhile, his daughter, Anna, tries to piece together the fragments of her life.

A collection of new stories from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Ordersand Waterland