{"product_id":"long-distance-stories","title":"Long Distance: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for The Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e VULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eELECTRIC LITERATURE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2024 \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a masterful collection of stories about distance and closeness in the age of connectivity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer.\" --Sigrid Nunez\u003cbr\u003e\"She is an author who simply, and astoundingly, knows.\" --Bryan Washington\u003cbr\u003e\"The rigor of Didion and the tenderness of Sebald.\" --Catherine Lacey\u003cbr\u003e\"One of my favorite writers.\" --Katie Kitamura \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA researcher abroad in Rome eagerly awaits a visit from her long-distance lover, only to find he is not the same man she remembers. An expat meets a childhood friend on a layover and is dismayed by her unexpected contentment. A newly pregnant woman considers the American taboo of sharing the news too soon, but can't resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Distance \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases Savas's devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary life often center on characters displaced more by choice than circumstance, characters both determined to install themselves in new lives and preoccupied with the people they've left behind.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53549469663598,"sku":"9781639733101","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_15ac6e1e-a831-4f12-8b1e-26d7fc5cbade.jpg?v=1774531687","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/long-distance-stories","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}