{"product_id":"the-long-swim-stories-9781625348074","title":"The Long Swim: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Long Swim\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cynical, irreverent, and formally daring, Svoboda's stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Long Swim\u003c\/i\u003e are a deft exploration of womanhood and humanity. Waves of provocation and wonder toss the reader and leave them wanting more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e TERESE SVOBODA is the author of over twenty books, including fiction, poetry, biography, translation, and memoir. Her two most recent novels are \u003ci\u003eDog on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Roxy and Coco\u003c\/i\u003e. Her many honors include a Guggenheim fellowship, the Bobst Prize in fiction, the Iowa Poetry Prize, an NEH translation grant, the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, a Jerome Foundation grant, the O. Henry Award for the short story, and a Pushcart Prize for the essay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Massachusetts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619969962258,"sku":"9781625348074","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62f45449-76ff-4da8-8c60-4c114b83a628.jpg?v=1732558286","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-swim-stories-9781625348074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}