The Long Swim : Stories

Name: The Long Swim
Brand: University of Massachusetts Press
SKU: 9781625348074
Price: 2950 KES
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ISBN: 9781625348074

by Terese Svoboda

Book Details

Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Juniper Prize for Fiction

ISBN-10 162534807X

ISBN-13 9781625348074

Publisher University of Massachusetts Press

Imprint University of Massachusetts Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 1st, 2024

Print length 208 Pages

Weight 288 grams

Dimensions 14.00 x 21.60 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general Short stories

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Inventive, dark, and absurd, the stories in The Long Swim capture Terese Svoboda’s clear-eyed, wry angle on the world: a place of violence and uncertainty but also wild beauty, adventure, and love both lasting and ephemeral.

A runaway circus lion haunts a small town where two lovers risk more than their respective marriages. A junket to Cuba and an ambassador’s dalliance with a niece hide dark secrets and political revolution. “I’ve always had a knife,” says the unstable stepson to his parents. Inventive, dark, and absurd, the stories in The Long Swim capture Terese Svoboda’s clear-eyed, wry angle on the world: a place of violence and uncertainty but also wild beauty, adventure, and love both lasting and ephemeral. Her characters strive for escape—through romance, travel, or more self-destructive pursuits—and collide with the constraints of family and home, their longing for freedom and autonomy often at odds with the desire for safety and harmony.

Cynical, irreverent, and formally daring, Svoboda’s stories in The Long Swim are a deft exploration of womanhood and humanity. Waves of provocation and wonder toss the reader and leave them wanting more.

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