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02945aam a22005898i 4500 001 B6AE6E561AEE11E980C0B93E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180116s2019 nyu 000 j eng 010 $a 2018000127 020 $a 0399184627 020 $a 9780399184628 035 $a (OCoLC)1020300760 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ORX $d ZVR $d W8T $d OQX $d ZQP $d GK8 $d IH9 $d TCH $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ7798.29.C5388 $b A2 2019 082 00 $a 863/.64 $2 23 100 1 $a Schweblin, Samanta, $d 1978- $e author. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections. $l English 245 10 $a Mouthful of birds : $b stories / $c Samanta Schweblin ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell. 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Riverhead Books, $c 2019. 300 $a 228 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "Originally published in Spanish in 2010 as PaÌjaros en la boca by Random House Mondadori." 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 505 00 $t The heavy suitcase of Benavides. $t Preserves -- $t Butterflies -- $t Mouthful of birds -- $t Santa Claus sleeps at our house -- $t The digger -- $t Irman -- $t The test -- $t Toward happy civilization -- $t Olingiris -- $t My brother Walter -- $t The merman -- $t Rage of pestilence -- $t Heads against concrete -- $t The size of things -- $t Underground -- $t Slowing down -- $t On the steppe -- $t A great effort -- $t The heavy suitcase of Benavides. 546 $a Translated from the Spanish. 600 10 $a Schweblin, Samanta, $d 1978- $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a Married people $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dysfunctional families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Interpersonal relations $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a McDowell, Megan, $e translator. 941 $a 14 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015000.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012011438.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331013654.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210021829.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317015903.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722060431.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110075726.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200103011502.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502031733.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20190314010928.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190314010535.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20190309010703.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190215010333.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190118010052.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B6AE6E561AEE11E980C0B93E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search