{"product_id":"disturbances-in-the-field-9781582433325","title":"Disturbances in the Field","description":"As powerful now as when first published in 1983, Lynne Sharon Schwartz's third novel established her as one of her generation's most assured writers. In this long-awaited reissue, readers can again warm to this acutely absorbing story.According to Lydia Rowe's friend George, a philosophizing psychotherapist, a \"disturbance in the field\" is anything that keeps us from realizing our needs. In the field of daily experiences, anything can stand in the way of our fulfillment, he explains--an interrupting phone call, an unanswered cry. But over time we adjust and new needs arise. But what if there's a disturbance you can't get past? In this look at a girl's, then a wife and mother's, coming of age, Schwartz explores the questions faced by all whose visions of a harmonious existence are jolted into disarray. The result is a novel of captivating realism and lasting grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Sharon Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated author of novels, poems, short fiction, translations from Italian, and criticism. Her short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e annual anthology series several times. The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Writing on the Wall, Disturbances in the Field, Referred Pain, Not Now, Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwo-Part Inventions\u003c\/i\u003e, Schwartz lives in New York City and is currently a faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357126824210,"sku":"9781582433325","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8618d499-d0bd-4710-ae17-c92b266172a4.jpg?v=1728318512","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/disturbances-in-the-field-9781582433325","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}