{"product_id":"wild-swims-stories-9781644450437","title":"Wild Swims: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling return to the short story by a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn fourteen effervescent stories, Dorthe Nors plumbs the depths of the human heart, from desire to melancholy and everything in between. Just as she did in her English-language debut, \u003ci\u003eKarate Chop\u003c\/i\u003e, Nors slices straight to the core of the conflict in only a few pages. But \u003ci\u003eWild Swims \u003c\/i\u003eexpands the borders of her gaze, following people as they travel through Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are portraits of men and women full of restless longing, people who are often seeking a home but rarely finding it. A lie told during a fraught ferry ride on the North Sea becomes a wound that festers between school friends. A writer at a remote cabin befriends the mother of an ex-lover. Two friends knock doors to solicit fraudulent donations for the cancer society. A woman taken with the idea of wild swims ventures as far as the local swimming pool. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories have already been featured in the pages of \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e. They sound the darker tones of human nature and yet find the brighter chords of hope and humor as well. Cutting and offbeat without ever losing its warmth, \u003ci\u003eWild Swims \u003c\/i\u003eis a master class in concision and restraint, and a path to living life without either. With \u003ci\u003eWild Swims \u003c\/i\u003eNors's star will continue to be ascendant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"Dorthe Nors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38213797347509,"sku":"9781644450437","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1fa8e6b1-d89a-4f1a-b551-6c3ca006d862.jpg?v=1610442890","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wild-swims-stories-9781644450437","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}