A House Is a Body - 9781643751450

Workman Publishing

A House Is a BodyStories\nAuthor(s): Shruti Swamy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Workman Publishing, United States\nImprint: Algonquin Books\nISBN-13: 9781643751450, 978-1643751450\nSynopsis\nFinalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionA 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 storiesshort and longare 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 Heavy\nDreams collide with reality, modernity with antiquity, and myth with identity in the twelve arresting stories of A House Is a Body. Set in the United States and India, Swamys characters grapple with motherhood, relationships, and the.