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Wild Swims
Wild Swims: Stories | Dorthe Nors
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A dazzling return to the short story by a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize In 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, Karate Chop, Nors slices straight to the core of the conflict in only a few pages. But Wild Swims expands the borders of her gaze, following people as they travel through Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and elsewhere. Here 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. These stories have already been featured in the pages of New Yorker, Harpers Magazine, Tin House, and A Public Space. 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, Wild Swims is a master class in concision and restraint, and a path to living life without either. With Wild Swims Norss star will continue to be ascendant.
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Cathythoughts
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This is a beautiful collection. Some stories left striking images of people , which seemed to connect with this idea of one character ..
‘ She doesn‘t feel anything, most of the time, but it takes nothing at all to make her feel everything. ‘
Haunting writing about memories and longing. Some parts reminded me of TS Eliot, I‘m not sure why.
Thankyou Sarah, I would never have come across it only for your post. ❤️

Cathythoughts I must get the book to keep ❤️ 1mo
sarahbarnes Ah so glad you liked this collection! I wouldn‘t have known about it either if @merelybookish hadn‘t sent it to me! 1mo
squirrelbrain Beautiful review! ❤️ 1mo
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BarbaraBB If I hadn‘t stacked it already I would have now 🤍 1mo
TrishB Lovely review ❤️ 1mo
Tamra Stacked! 💙 1mo
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes I loved it ❤️ Thankyou x 1mo
Cathythoughts @squirrelbrain Thanks Helen x 1mo
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB I have a feeling you‘ll love it too x 1mo
Cathythoughts @TrishB It‘s so good x 1mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra I‘ll look forward to your thoughts. It‘s a short collection. But memorable 👍🏻❤️ 1mo
LeahBergen Sounds good, Cathy! 1mo
youneverarrived I was about to say the same @BarbaraBB. Lovely review Cathy 🩷 1mo
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sarahbarnes
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This collection of short stories is fantastic - the kind of stories that make me want to write short stories. 😁 I‘m now off to read everything else Nors has written. Thank you @merelybookish for this wonderful gift! ❤️

Cathythoughts Great review! Stacked. 5mo
sarahbarnes @Cathythoughts thank you! ♥️ I hope you like her writing. 5mo
merelybookish I want to read more of her work too! Glad you enjoyed!! 5mo
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Cuilin
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#SaturdayChatterday @AllDebooks
While others wild swam, I took comfort in my stack of books. I only read from two, but I brought 5 because I didn‘t know what mood I would be in.

📚🫶🥰 🤷‍♀️

Aims42 Here to represent a fellow mood reader/book overpacker 🙋‍♀️ You are not alone in this struggle lol 11mo
BookmarkTavern Looks beautiful! 11mo
Daisey Looks perfect! 11mo
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dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 11mo
kspenmoll Love this rock pool- 11mo
Cuilin @Aims42 I knew Litsy would be my safe space for a confession. Lol 😆 11mo
rubyslippersreads Much better to have too many books than—horrors!—not enough. 🙀 11mo
Suet624 But of course! 11mo
Bookwormjillk What a spot! 11mo
Cupcake12 Great reading spot x 11mo
AllDebooks Beautiful spot. Also, there is no such thing as too many books. It's a common misconception spread by the anti-bookers and you stood up to them. I admire your contingency planning. #BooksRLife 11mo
Graywacke @AllDebooks anti-bookers 🙂 11mo
Graywacke Looks like a gorgeous reading spot. I‘m listening to my first Edna O‘Brien book (The Little Red Chairs) 11mo
Cuilin @rubyslippersreads @Suet624 @AllDebooks @Graywacke I knew I would be in good company here on Litsy. 📚🫶 11mo
Cuilin @Graywacke Are you liking it? I‘m enjoying 11mo
Cuilin @BookmarkTavern @Daisey @dabbe @kspenmoll @Bookwormjillk @Cupcake12 It‘s lovely and cool there on a hot day and there was only a short sweet little hike to get to it!!! 11mo
Graywacke @Cuilin I‘m intrigued. Nothing like i expected. Although the language is quite lovely. And Juliet Stevenson is the worlds best audiobook reader 11mo
Graywacke @Cuilin that sounds negative. Not what i meant. i am liking it a lot. I‘m really happy to be listening to it. It‘s quite curious and interesting. 11mo
Cuilin @Graywacke I‘m finding her style “intriguing” too. I thought I had read Country Girls by her but now I‘m not so sure I don‘t think teenage me would have enjoyed it. 11mo
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merelybookish
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New job is kicking my butt (in a good way) so this collection of short, taut stories is perfect. Danish but definitely not hygge.
#doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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lauraisntwilder
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Dorthe Nors can WRITE. All these stories were particularly short, but contained so much.

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