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Mouthful of Birds

Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell

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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*

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
240
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications
ISBN:
9781786074560
Published Date:
7/2/2019
Dimensions:
216mm x 135mm x 17mm
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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RRP: £12.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781786074560

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