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These Heavy Black Bones
Engelsk Hardback
These Heavy Black Bones
Engelsk Hardback

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS'' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE

''Poetic, candid and utterly compelling'' - FREYA BROMLEY
''Absolutely remarkable'' - LYNN BARBER
''Reads with the tension of a thriller, illuminating the world of elite sport'' - CATHY RENTZENBRINK
''An embodied water odyssey'' - LIDIA YUKNAVITCH

This is not a story about making history.

Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell was once a double British Champion and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. As her body and mind are sharpened through gruelling training, press scrutiny and the harshness of adolescence, Rebecca charts her career''s ascent and her singular love of the water, before explaining why she walked away from it all.

A compulsive and unforgettable study of intensity, These Heavy Black Bones meditates on Blackness, identity and the ecstasy of peak physical performance, and lays bare the pressures within the swimming world.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781805300441
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
180530044X
Udg. Dato:
6 jun 2024
Længde:
26mm
Bredde:
223mm
Højde:
147mm
Forlag:
Canongate Books
Oplagsdato:
6 jun 2024
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