Mouthful of Birds - LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, 2019. Nominiert: Man Booker International Prize, 2019
Verlag | Oneworld Publications |
Auflage | 2019 |
Seiten | 240 |
Format | 17,4 x 19,8 x 1,8 cm |
MMP | |
Gewicht | 214 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Übersetzer | Megan McDowell |
ISBN-10 | 1786076691 |
EAN | 9781786076694 |
Bestell-Nr | 78607669UA |
A spellbinding collection of short stories from the Argentinian sensation Samanta Schweblin
A SPELLBINDINGLY CREEPY COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, FROM AN ARGENTINIAN LITERARY STAR
'The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales.' J.M. Coetzee
Spine-tingling and unexpected, unearthly and strange, the stories of Mouthful of Birds are impossible to forget.
The crunch of a bird's wing.
A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers.
A crimson flash of blood across an artist's canvas.
Samanta Schweblin's writing expertly blurs the line between the surreal and the everyday, pulling the reader into a world that is at once nightmarish and beautiful. An exhilarating tour de force guaranteed to leave the pulse racing.
'This is our world, and sharp-focused, but stripped of its usual meanings... Brutal violence is twisted into horrific, intensely experienced art.' Guardian
_Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, 2019_
Rezension:
'Spritely and uncanny, this is a beautifully imagined and skilfully executed collection of stories.' International Booker Prize judges