Mouthful of Birds: LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, 2019

Awards:   Long-listed for Man Booker International Prize 2019 Nominated for Shirley Jackson Award 2019
Author:   Samanta Schweblin ,  Megan McDowell
Publisher:   Oneworld Publications
Edition:   Hardback
ISBN:  

9781786074560


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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  • Long-listed for Man Booker International Prize 2019
  • Nominated for Shirley Jackson Award 2019

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This collection of extraordinary stories by Samanta Schweblin, critically acclaimed author of Fever Dream, has been awarded several prizes including the prestigious Juan Rulfo Story Prize. Following on from the success of Fever Dream, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017, Samanta Schweblin's much-loved style returns with these dreamy yet spare stories.

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Author:   Samanta Schweblin ,  Megan McDowell
Publisher:   Oneworld Publications
Imprint:   Oneworld Publications
Edition:   Hardback
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
ISBN:  

9781786074560


ISBN 10:   1786074567
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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'Impressive...Schweblin is among the most acclaimed Spanish-language writers of her generation...What makes Schweblin so startling as a writer, however, what makes her rare and important, is that she is impelled not by mere talent or ambition but by vision, and that vision emerges from intense concern with the world, with the hidden cruelties in our relationships with all that is vulnerable - children, rivers, language, one another.' * <i>New York Times</i> * 'If you were a fan of Fever Dream, Schweblin's Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted nightmarish novella, brace yourself for this similarly surreal unearthly and unsettling collection of short stories. If you're a stranger to her work, take JM Coetzee's word for it: The Grimm Brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through the cracks or fallen down holes into alternative realities .' * <i>Huffington Post India</i> * 'In this slim and superb book, Schweblin takes on the desire to love, to parent, and to care for one's own body - hardly extraordinary themes - and invests them with a fresh poignancy.' * <i>Vogue</i> * `The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' -- J.M. Coetzee `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' -- Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i>


`The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' * J.M. Coetzee * `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' * Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> *


'Impressive...Schweblin is among the most acclaimed Spanish-language writers of her generation...What makes Schweblin so startling as a writer, however, what makes her rare and important, is that she is impelled not by mere talent or ambition but by vision, and that vision emerges from intense concern with the world, with the hidden cruelties in our relationships with all that is vulnerable - children, rivers, language, one another.' * <i>New York Times</i> * 'If you were a fan of Fever Dream, Schweblin's Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted nightmarish novella, brace yourself for this similarly surreal unearthly and unsettling collection of short stories. If you're a stranger to her work, take JM Coetzee's word for it: The Grimm Brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through the cracks or fallen down holes into alternative realities .' * <i>Huffington Post India</i> * `The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' -- J.M. Coetzee `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' -- Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i>


'In this slim and superb book, Schweblin takes on the desire to love, to parent, and to care for one's own body - hardly extraordinary themes - and invests them with a fresh poignancy.' * <i>Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of 2019</i> * 'Impressive...Schweblin is among the most acclaimed Spanish-language writers of her generation.' * <i>New York Times</i> * `The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' -- J.M. Coetzee `At once fantastically out there and real to the point of being haunting.' * <i>Vanity Fair</i> * `Schweblin's imagination seemingly knows no bounds.' * Refinery29.com * 'If you were a fan of Fever Dream, Schweblin's Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted nightmarish novella, brace yourself for this similarly surreal unearthly and unsettling collection of short stories. If you're a stranger to her work, take JM Coetzee's word for it: The Grimm Brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through the cracks or fallen down holes into alternative realities .' * <i>Huffington Post India</i> * `Schweblin once again deplys a heavy dose of nightmare fuel in this frightening, addictive collection... Canny, provocative and profoundly unsettling.' * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) * `Schweblin builds dense and uncanny worlds, proing the psychology of human relationships and the ways we perceive existence and interpret culture, with dark humour and sharp teeth... An unquestionably imaginative author.' * <i>Kirkus Review</i> * `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' -- Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> `Surreal, disturbing and decidedly original.' * <i>Library Journal</i> * `[Schweblin] can evoke more feelings in one sentence than many writers can in a whole story... Mouthful of Birds is a stunning achievement from a writer whose potential is beginning to seem limitless.' * <i>NPR</i> * `What separates Schweblin from the pack is the firm foot she has planted in frank horror, and her laconic style... Mouthful of Birds is precisely that rare mix: beauty and horror.' * <i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i> * `Mesmerizing.' * Bustle.com * `[A] surreal and uncanny and perfectly discomfiting collection that will likely keep us all up for many nights to come.' * <i>Literary Hub</i> * `Dark, unsettling images, a sort of half-fevered, all-dazed awareness of the world outside. Schweblin is an absolute master.' * <i>Remezcla</i> * `Schweblin is back with this book of short stories, each more unnerving than the last, and all with the unique ability to leave you with that throbbing, pulsing feeling following an electric shock or a sleepless night or a solid scare or all of the above.' * Nylon.com * `Clever and morbidly funny.' * <i>Book Riot</i> *


'In this slim and superb book, Schweblin takes on the desire to love, to parent, and to care for one's own body - hardly extraordinary themes - and invests them with a fresh poignancy.' * <i>Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of 2019</i> * 'Impressive...Schweblin is among the most acclaimed Spanish-language writers of her generation.' * <i>New York Times</i> * `The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' -- J.M. Coetzee `The author of the magnetic, scalp-prickling Fever Dream returns with stories as Gothic and incantatory as a telltale heart- virtuoso fiction from Argentina's own Edgar Allen-Poe.' * <i>Oprah Magazine</i> * `At once fantastically out there and real to the point of being haunting.' * <i>Vanity Fair</i> * `Schweblin's imagination seemingly knows no bounds.' * Refinery29.com * 'If you were a fan of Fever Dream, Schweblin's Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted nightmarish novella, brace yourself for this similarly surreal unearthly and unsettling collection of short stories. If you're a stranger to her work, take JM Coetzee's word for it: The Grimm Brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through the cracks or fallen down holes into alternative realities .' * <i>Huffington Post India</i> * `Schweblin once again deplys a heavy dose of nightmare fuel in this frightening, addictive collection... Canny, provocative and profoundly unsettling.' * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) * `Schweblin builds dense and uncanny worlds, proing the psychology of human relationships and the ways we perceive existence and interpret culture, with dark humour and sharp teeth... An unquestionably imaginative author.' * <i>Kirkus Review</i> * `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' -- Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> `Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Samanta Schweblin's fiction is like little else being written right now.' * <i>Literary Hub</i> * `Surreal, disturbing and decidedly original.' * <i>Library Journal</i> * `[Schweblin] can evoke more feelings in one sentence than many writers can in a whole story... Mouthful of Birds is a stunning achievement from a writer whose potential is beginning to seem limitless.' * <i>NPR</i> * `What separates Schweblin from the pack is the firm foot she has planted in frank horror, and her laconic style... Mouthful of Birds is precisely that rare mix: beauty and horror.' * <i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i> * `Mesmerizing.' * Bustle.com * `[A] surreal and uncanny and perfectly discomfiting collection that will likely keep us all up for many nights to come.' * <i>Literary Hub</i> * `Dark, unsettling images, a sort of half-fevered, all-dazed awareness of the world outside. Schweblin is an absolute master.' * <i>Remezcla</i> * `Schweblin is back with this book of short stories, each more unnerving than the last, and all with the unique ability to leave you with that throbbing, pulsing feeling following an electric shock or a sleepless night or a solid scare or all of the above.' * Nylon.com * `Clever and morbidly funny.' * <i>Book Riot</i> *


'In this slim and superb book, Schweblin takes on the desire to love, to parent, and to care for one's own body - hardly extraordinary themes - and invests them with a fresh poignancy.' * <i>Vogue, Most Anticipated Books of 2019</i> * 'Impressive...Schweblin is among the most acclaimed Spanish-language writers of her generation.' * <i>New York Times</i> * `The Grimm brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through cracks or fallen down holes into alternate realities.' -- J.M. Coetzee `The author of the magnetic, scalp-prickling Fever Dream returns with stories as Gothic and incantatory as a telltale heart- virtuoso fiction from Argentina's own Edgar Allan Poe.' * <i>Oprah Magazine</i> * `At once fantastically out there and real to the point of being haunting.' * <i>Vanity Fair</i> * `Schweblin's Man Booker-shortlisted novel Fever Dream was unsettling and uncanny and these 20 brilliant stories, translated by Megan McDowell, are just as fabulous... an eerie blend of the supernatural and the all too real.' * <i>Daily Mail</i> * `Schweblin's imagination seemingly knows no bounds.' * Refinery29.com * `Samanta Schweblin's Mouthful of Birds - featuring a literal mouthful of birds - will mesmerise as it disturbs... It's difficult to do justice to Schweblin's relentlessly destabilising tone; just read the book, though perhaps only in daylight.' * <i>Bustle</i> * 'If you were a fan of Fever Dream, Schweblin's Man Booker International Prize-shortlisted nightmarish novella, brace yourself for this similarly surreal unearthly and unsettling collection of short stories. If you're a stranger to her work, take JM Coetzee's word for it: The Grimm Brothers and Franz Kafka pay a visit to Argentina in Samanta Schweblin's darkly humorous tales of people who have slipped through the cracks or fallen down holes into alternative realities .' * <i>Huffington Post India</i> * `Schweblin once again deplys a heavy dose of nightmare fuel in this frightening, addictive collection... Canny, provocative and profoundly unsettling.' * <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review) * `Schweblin builds dense and uncanny worlds, proing the psychology of human relationships and the ways we perceive existence and interpret culture, with dark humour and sharp teeth... An unquestionably imaginative author.' * <i>Kirkus Review</i> * `Samanta has a unique, inventive voice, and her stories have this ability to veer off into strange and unexpected territories with sublime grace. I admire and envy this gift.' -- Daniel Alarcon, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> `Surreal and haunting, spare yet complex, Samanta Schweblin's fiction is like little else being written right now.' * <i>Literary Hub</i> * `Surreal, disturbing and decidedly original.' * <i>Library Journal</i> * `[Schweblin] can evoke more feelings in one sentence than many writers can in a whole story... Mouthful of Birds is a stunning achievement from a writer whose potential is beginning to seem limitless.' * <i>NPR</i> * `What separates Schweblin from the pack is the firm foot she has planted in frank horror, and her laconic style... Mouthful of Birds is precisely that rare mix: beauty and horror.' * <i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i> * `Mesmerizing.' * Bustle.com * `[A] surreal and uncanny and perfectly discomfiting collection that will likely keep us all up for many nights to come.' * <i>Literary Hub</i> * `Dark, unsettling images, a sort of half-fevered, all-dazed awareness of the world outside. Schweblin is an absolute master.' * <i>Remezcla</i> * `Schweblin is back with this book of short stories, each more unnerving than the last, and all with the unique ability to leave you with that throbbing, pulsing feeling following an electric shock or a sleepless night or a solid scare or all of the above.' * Nylon.com * `Clever and morbidly funny.' * <i>Book Riot</i> *


Author Information

Samanta Schweblin is the author of three story collections that have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Juan Rulfo Story Prize, and been translated into 20 languages. Her debut novel Fever Dream was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017. Originally from Buenos Aires, she lives in Berlin. Megan McDowell has translated books by many contemporary South American and Spanish authors, and her translations have been published in The New Yorker, Harper's and The Paris Review. She lives in Chile.

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