{"product_id":"a-house-is-a-body-stories-1616209895","title":"A House Is a Body: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1616209895\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swamy, Shruti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from The Millions * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Electric LiteratureFinalist for the 2021 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story CollectionFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionSwamys A House Is a Body 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, A House Is a Body might be the most fun Ive ever had in a short story collection. -Kiese Laymon, author of HeavyDreams collide with reality, modernity with antiquity, and myth with identity in the twelve arresting stories of A House Is a Body. In Earthly Pleasures, a young painter living alone in San Francisco begins a secret romance with one of Indias biggest celebrities, and desire and ego are laid bare. In A Simple Composition, a husbands professional crisis leads to his wifes 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.A House Is a Body introduces a bold and original voice in fiction, from a writer at the start of a stellar career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51322592362784,"sku":"NEW1616209895","price":32.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81zV14mjD1L.jpg?v=1773106972","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-house-is-a-body-stories-1616209895","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}