{"product_id":"swimming-studies","title":"Swimming Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntimate with chlorinated space; weightless yet limited; closed off to taste, sound, and most sight: this is a swimmer’s state. When ten-year-old Leanne Shapton joins a swim team, she finds an affinity for its rhythms – and spends years training, making it to the Olympic trials twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwimming Studies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ereflects on her time immersed in a world of rigour and determination, routine and competition. Vivid details of a life spent largely underwater emerge: adolescence in suburban Canada, dawn risings for morning practice, bus rides with teammates, a growing collection of swimsuits, dips in lakes and oceans. When she trades athletic pursuits for artistic ones, the metrics of moving through water endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn elegant, spare writing, Shapton renders swimming as a mode of experiencing time, movement, and perspective, capable of shaping our lives in every environment. The result is captivating and profound: a modern classic of sport writing and memoir from a singular talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: UK, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Daunt Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 10: 191709227X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 13: 9781917092272\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"-","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52884781138186,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781917092272.jpg?v=1776506111","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/swimming-studies","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}