{"product_id":"long-distance-by-aysegul-savas-9781398547759","title":"Long Distance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Aysegül Savaş’s acute and tender first collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 taboo of sharing the news too soon, but can't resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Distance\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Savas's devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary life often centre 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Don’t be deceived by Savaş’s cool, matter-of-fact tone – beneath it lie layers of wisdom, delicacy, and subtlety’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer’\u003c\/b\u003e Sigrid Nunez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The rigour of Didion and the tenderness of Sebald’\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Lacey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of my favourite writers’\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Kitamura\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48083734724844,"sku":"9781398547759","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781398547759-long-distance.jpg?v=1785732548","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/long-distance-by-aysegul-savas-9781398547759","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}