{"product_id":"macmillan-publishers-swimming-studies","title":"Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in print, a “fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolors, photographs and painted portraits” (Time Out New York) by celebrated author and artist Leanne Shapton, on a sport that has shaped her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntimate with chlorinated space; weightless yet limited; closed off to taste, sound, and most sight; acutely aware of the clock: this is a swimmer’s state. When ten-year-old Leanne Shapton joins an Ontario township swim team with her brother, she finds an affinity for its rhythms―and spends years training, making it to the Olympic trials twice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reflects on her time immersed in a world of rigor and determination, routine and competition, pairing together contemplative essays and paintings. Vivid details of an aquatic life appear: 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn these elegant and potent meditations, Shapton renders swimming as a mode of experiencing time, movement, and perspective, capable of shaping our lives in every environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.5\" x 8.25\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262666199345,"sku":"9781250290670","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0065\/4842\/2709\/files\/shapton_banner.webp?v=1781213815","url":"https:\/\/shopgoldenrule.com\/products\/macmillan-publishers-swimming-studies","provider":"GOLDEN RULE GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}