{"product_id":"a-house-is-a-body-isbn-9781616209896","title":"A House Is a Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Finalist 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Swamy’s \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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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. 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. Set in the United States and India, they reveal small but intense moments of beauty, pain, and power that contain the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896088260837,"sku":"NP9781616209896","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/54ed8e56-07f5-4985-a442-afc60183ca4b.jpg?v=1767814301","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-house-is-a-body-isbn-9781616209896","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}