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Author:

Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- author.

Title:

Mouthful of birds : stories / Samanta Schweblin ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

228 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Schweblin, Samanta,--1978---Translations into English.
Married people--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

McDowell, Megan, translator.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections. English

Notes:

"Originally published in Spanish in 2010 as Pájaros en la boca by Random House Mondadori."

Contents:

The heavy suitcase of Benavides. Preserves -- Butterflies -- Mouthful of birds -- Santa Claus sleeps at our house -- The digger -- Irman -- The test -- Toward happy civilization -- Olingiris -- My brother Walter -- The merman -- Rage of pestilence -- Heads against concrete -- The size of things -- Underground -- Slowing down -- On the steppe -- A great effort -- The 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 indispensible piece of contemporary Argentine literature.

ISBN:

0399184627
9780399184628

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1020300760

LCCN:

2018000127

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)