Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner)

Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

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Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

by Samanta Schweblin
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Book Overview

Winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature

A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you, from the 3 time International Booker Prize finalist, "lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon." -O, the Oprah magazine

The seven houses in these seven stories are strange. A person is missing, or a truth, or memory; some rooms are enticing, some unmoored, others empty. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back inside: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with darkness or the fallibility of parents.

In each story, twists and turns will unnerve and surprise: Schweblin never takes the expected path and instead digs under the skin, revealing surreal 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 modern writers.
ISBN9780525541400
Author Samanta Schweblin
PublisherRiverhead Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner)

Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback

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About Samanta Schweblin

SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN won the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her story collection Seven Empty Houses. Her debut novel, Fever Dream, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, and her novel Little Eyes and story collection Mouthful of Birds have been longlisted for the same prize. Her books have been translated into more than forty languages, and her stories have appeared in English in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, Harper's Magazine, and elsewhere. Originally from Buenos Aires, Schweblin lives in Berlin.

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