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A review by palindromephd
Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton
4.0
Thanks mom for sending me this one!
I was a swimmer through university so a lot of this material and the pure feelings Shapton evokes resonated deeply in my memories but I think anyone who has done something that consumes your body and mind the way a sport like swimming does would find something to relate to.
Shapton's prose and weaving of past with present with art is so beautiful.
I think this is the kind of book I'll revisit when I am feeling my own nostalgia for the endless lengths of a swimming pool and the shadowy figure of a couch overhead.
I was a swimmer through university so a lot of this material and the pure feelings Shapton evokes resonated deeply in my memories but I think anyone who has done something that consumes your body and mind the way a sport like swimming does would find something to relate to.
Shapton's prose and weaving of past with present with art is so beautiful.
I think this is the kind of book I'll revisit when I am feeling my own nostalgia for the endless lengths of a swimming pool and the shadowy figure of a couch overhead.