Julie Otsuka
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In ihrem Schwimmbad fühlen sie sich zu Hause, hier können sie bei ihren täglichen Bahnen ihre Sorgen hinter sich lassen: Designer, Nonnen, Hundesitter, Veganerinnen, Polizisten, Professorinnen, Schauspieler ...
Bis eines Tages ein Riss erscheint - am Beckengrund, aber auch im Gedächtnis von Alice, die genau wie die anderen hier im Schwimmen stets Trost und Halt gefunden hat. Während sie bald nur noch in bruchstückhaften Erinnerungen schwimmt,...
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From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and The Swimmers, this commanding debut novel paints a portrait of the Japanese American incarceration camps that is both a haunting evocation of a family in wartime and a resonant lesson for our times.
On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of-factly begins to pack her...
On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of-factly begins to pack her...
5) The swimmers
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"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"--
"The swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow lane, fast lane), and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world. One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing...
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