{"product_id":"a-house-is-a-body-stories-paperback","title":"A House Is a Body: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShruti Swamy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eArt Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA House Is a Body\u003c\/i\u003e will not simply be talked about as one of the greatest short story collections of the 2020s; it will change the way all stories--short and long--are told, written, and consumed. There is nothing, no emotion, no tiny morsel of memory, no touch, that this book does not take seriously. Yet, \u003ci\u003eA House Is a Body\u003c\/i\u003e might be the most fun I've ever had in a short story collection.\" --Kiese Laymon, author of \u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dreams collide with reality, modernity with antiquity, and myth with identity in the twelve arresting stories of \u003ci\u003eA House Is a Body\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the United States and India, Swamy's characters grapple with motherhood, relationships, and their bodies to reveal small but intense internal moments of beauty, pain, and power that contain the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Earthly Pleasures,\" a young painter living alone in San Francisco begins a secret romance with one of India's biggest celebrities, and desire and ego are laid bare. In \"A Simple Composition,\" a husband's professional crisis leads to his wife's discovery of a dark, ecstatic joy. And in the title story, an exhausted mother watches, hypnotized by fear, as a California wildfire approaches her home. Immersive and assured, provocative and probing, these are stories written with the edge and precision of a knife blade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA House Is a Body\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a bold and original voice in fiction, from a writer at the start of a stellar career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Don't miss Shruti Swamy's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Archer\u003c\/i\u003e (available September 7, 2021), which has already been longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768696406304,"sku":"9781643751450","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2b7a853ad1027fa7ed11b96fc620a6e.webp?v=1780335425","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-house-is-a-body-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}