Terese Svoboda
1) Dog on fire
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Driving through a blinding dust storm in the rural Plains, Dog on Fire's narrator sees her brother standing on the side of the road holding a shovel. She knows she should stop. The dust swirling around her prevents her from seeing more than a few feet in front of her, but even if she does stop for her brother, he will not be there. He is already dead. In Dog on Fire, the people in a small farm town try to come to terms with family turmoil, past loves,...
Author
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"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,...
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