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The Long Swim: Stories

The Long Swim: Stories

Svoboda, Terese

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Series: Juniper Prize for Fiction

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ISBN10: 162534807X
ISBN13: 9781625348074
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: Mar 1 2024
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.53 Depth: 8.48
Language: English

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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