{"product_id":"swimming-studies-9781250290670","title":"Swimming Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print, a \"fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolors, photographs and painted portraits\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e) by celebrated author and artist Leanne Shapton, on a sport that has shaped her life. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeanne Shapton\u003c\/b\u003e is an author, artist, and publisher based in New York City. She is currently the art editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the cofounder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J\u0026amp;L Books, an internationally distributed not-for-profit imprint specializing in art and photography books. Shapton is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185919688978,"sku":"9781250290670","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a733b57d-c710-4e1d-80fa-ae24419a4c57.jpg?v=1744594173","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/swimming-studies-9781250290670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}