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Seven empty houses
- Title
- Seven empty houses / Samanta Schweblin ; translated by Megan McDowell.
- Author
- Schweblin, Samanta, 1978-
- Publication
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
- ©2022
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 22-2819 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McDowell, Megan
- Description
- 190 pages; 22 cm
- 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Siete casas vacías. English
- Alternative Title
- Siete casas vacías.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Horror fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Short stories.
- Translations.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Translated from the Spanish.
- First published in Spanish by Editorial Páginas de Espuma as Siete casas vacías, Madrid, 2015.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 22-2819
- ISBN
- 9780525541394
- 052554139X
- LCCN
- 2022004587
- OCLC
- 1293768542
- Author
- Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- author.
- Title
- Seven empty houses / Samanta Schweblin ; translated by Megan McDowell.
- Publisher
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- McDowell, Megan, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schweblin, Samanta, 1978- Seven empty houses. New York : Riverhead Books, 2022 9780525541417 (DLC) 2022004588
- Research Call Number
- JFD 22-2819