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Mouthful of birds : stories / Samanta Schweblin ; translated [from the Spanish] by Megan McDowell.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399184628
- ISBN: 0399184627
- Physical Description: 228 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published, in Spanish and in somewhat different form, as Pájaros en la boca by Random House Mondadori in 2010". |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Headlights -- 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. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Spanish. |
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| Subject: | Married people > Fiction. Dysfunctional families > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Short stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | SCHWE S (Text) | 33126022693067 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |