Seven empty houses / Samanta Schweblin ; translated by Megan McDowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- author.

Contributor:

McDowell, Megan, translator.

Standardized Title:

Siete casas vacías. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Schweblin, Samanta, 1978---Translations into English.

Schweblin, Samanta.

Spanish fiction--Translations into English.

Spanish fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

short stories.

Translations.

Physical Description:

190 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.

Summary:

"The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents. This was the collection that established Samanta Schweblin at the forefront of a new generation of Latin American writers. And now in English it will push her cult status to new heights. Seven Empty Houses is an entrypoint into a fiercely original mind, and a slingshot into Schweblin's destablizing, exhilarating literary world. In each story, the twists and turns will unnerve and surprise: Schweblin never takes the expected path and instead digs under the skin and reveals uncomfortable truths about our sense of home, of belonging, and of the fragility of our connections with others. This is a masterwork from one of our most brilliant writers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

None of that

My parents and my children

It happens all the time in this house

Breath from the depths

Two square feet

An unlucky man

Out.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

First published in Spanish by Editorial Páginas de Espuma as Siete casas vacías, Madrid, 2015.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Joan Detz.

Other Format:

Online version:

Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- Seven empty houses

Online version: Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- Seven empty houses.

ISBN:

9780525541394

052554139X

OCLC:

1293768542