The Swimmer

Roma Tearne fled Sri Lanka at the age of ten, travelling to Britain where she has spent most of her life. She gained her Master’s degree at the Ruskin Shool of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and was Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. She was recently awarded a fellowship in the visual arts by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Great Britain. She lives and works in Oxford.

Praise for Brixton Beach: -

‘Rich and satisfying’ The Times -

‘An ambitious, lyrical novel, distinguished by its refusal to offer false consolation’ Times Literary Supplement -

‘Richly characterised, elegantly modulated and deeply moving’ Daily Mail -

‘A vividly sensitive writer’ Independent -

‘Three remarkable novels’ Guardian -

Praise for Mosquito and Bone China: -

‘The prose is as polished and pictorial as an intricate piece of china’ Independent on Sunday -

‘One of those rich, nourishing family sagas that seizes the imagination.’ The Times -

‘Mosquito…announced a fresh lyrical talent’ Guardian -

‘Readers of this novel cannot fail to be moved’ Spectator -