![]() ![]() Differences among people are washed clean. Swimmers find escape from the “usual aboveground afflictions” - knee problems, addiction, heartbreak. ![]() It exerts its buoyant force on bodies, easing pain and making the old feel young. “In our ‘real lives,’” Otsuka writes, “we are overeaters, underachievers, dog walkers, cross-dressers, compulsive knitters ( Just one more row), secret hoarders, minor poets, trailing spouses, twins, vegans, ‘Mom,’.” But once in the water, swimmers are only “one of three things: fast-lane people, medium-lane people or the slow.”Īt this subterranean pool in an unnamed university town, water has a radical effect. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.ĭoes the community pool have magical powers? It’s easy to think so, reading the opening section of Julie Otsuka’s third novel, “ The Swimmers.” The book begins with a quirkily exultant 30-page ode, relayed in the first person plural and filled with the author’s signature lists. ![]()
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