Dog on Fire -- Terese Svoboda, Paperback

Out of a Shakespearean-wild Midwest dust storm, a man rises. "Just a glimpse of him," says his sister; "every inch of him," says his guilt-filled lover. "Close your eyes," says his nephew. "What about it?" asks his father. The cupboard is filled with lime Jell-O, and there are aliens, deadly kissing, and a restless, alcoholic mother who carries a gun. "Every family is this normal," insists the narrator. "Whoever noticed my brother, with a family as normal as this?" the beleaguered sister asks. Against the smoky prairie horizon and despite his seizures, a brother builds a life. Imbued with melancholy cheer,

Dog on Fire unfolds around a family's turmoil, past loves, and a mysterious death.

Terese Svoboda is the award-winning author of twenty books of poetry, prose, memoir, biography, and translation, including the novel Bohemian Girl (Nebraska, 2011), the memoir Black Glasses Like Clark Kent, and a forthcoming novel, Roxy and Coco.

Author: Terese Svoboda
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 03/01/2023
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9781496235169

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2023
Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 19
Foreword 02/27/2023