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*
”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*
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Formato EPUB ● Pagine 240 ● ISBN 9781786074577 ● Traduttore Megan McDowell ● Casa editrice Oneworld Publications ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 6779513 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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