Title:
Mouthful of birds : stories / Samanta Schweblin ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.
ISBN:
9780399184628
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Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
©2019
Physical Description:
228 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in Spanish and in somewhat different format as Pájaros en la boca by Random House Mondadori in 2010."
Contents:
Headlights -- Preserves -- Butterflies -- Mouthful of birds -- Santa Claus sleeps at our house -- Digger -- Irman -- Test -- Toward happy civilization -- Olingiris -- My brother Walter -- Merman -- Rage of pestilence -- Heads against concrete -- Size of things -- Underground -- Slowing down -- On the steppe -- A great effort -- Heavy suitcase of Benavides.
Summary:
Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring.
In the tradition of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor, Schweblin's stories move on the boundary between the real and the fantastic. This selection, chosen by the author, is an indispensable piece of contemporary Argentine literature.
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Language Note:
Translated from the Spanish.
OCLC Number:
on1020300760
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