The novel also includes digressions on such off-beat topics as the sex life of the eel, the history of land reclamation, the history of the River Ouse, and the nature of phlegm. These events are set against a background of some of the great events in history, such as World War I and World War II. It includes a family history going back to the eighteenth century and such lurid topics as murder, suicide, abortion, incest, and madness. Tom's tale of the fens is sometimes lurid. The structure of the novel, which frequently moves back and forth in time, also suggests the fluidity of the interaction between past and present. The traumatic events of his adolescence reach forward in time to influence the present. These stories form the substance of the novel, which takes place mainly in two time frames: the present, and the year 1943, when Tom Crick is fifteen years old. Faced with a class of bored and rebellious students, he scraps the traditional history curriculum and tells them stories of the fens instead. He is a man who is keenly interested in ideas about the nature and purpose of history. Tom is facing a personal crisis, since he is about to be laid off from his job and his wife has been admitted to a mental hospital. It is narrated by Tom Crick, a middle-aged history teacher. Subscribe to Consequence’s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.British novelist Graham Swift's Waterland (London, 1983 New York, 1984) is a complex tale set in eastern England's low-lying fens region. Taylor Swift Announces "The Eras" Stadium Tour ZZ Top's Elwood Francis Performs "Got Me Under Pressure" with 17-String Bass: Watch Gallagher, Watermelon-Smashing Prop Comedian, Dead at 76
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