Long distance

Sobre el libro Long distance de Aysegül Savas publicado por Penguin al 2026:

Acclaimed author of The Anthropologists Aysegül Savas acute and tender first collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity.A 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 cant resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship.Long Distanceshowcases Savass 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 theyve left behind.Dont be deceived by Savas cool, matter-of-fact tone beneath it lie layers of wisdom, delicacy and subtlety GuardianSingular, delightful The melancholy of these narrators, though tangible, treads only lightly on the text an effect achieved through the spareness of Savass prose style TLSRome, Marseille, Istanbul, Paris and small-town Russia are the backdrops for these tender stories Daily MailAn exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer Sigrid NunezThe rigor of Didion and the tenderness of Sebald Catherine LaceyOne of my favourite writers Katie Kitamura