Why We Swim

by Bonnie Tsui

  • Algonquin Books
  • 2020
  • ISBN: 978-1643751375
  • 288 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

Why We Swim is propelled by stories of Olympic champions, a Baghdad swim club that meets in Saddam Hussein’s palace pool, modern-day Japanese samurai swimmers, and even an Icelandic fisherman who improbably survives a wintry six-hour swim after a shipwreck. New York Times contributor Bonnie Tsui, a swimmer herself, dives into the deep, from the San Francisco Bay to the South China Sea, investigating what it is about water that seduces us, despite its dangers, and why we come back to it again and again. ebook icon Audio book icon

A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 | A Best Book of the Season: BuzzFeed * Bustle * San Francisco Chronicle | A Best Book of the Year: NPR's Book Concierge * Washington Independent Review of Books
Bonnie Tsui
About the Author

Bonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and the author of American Chinatown, winner of the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Her latest book Why We Swim, is currently being translated into ten languages. Her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, and the Mesa Refuge.

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