Mouthful of Birds
Samanta Schweblin
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From the publisher
Translated by Megan McDowell
Shortlisted for the Premio Valle Inclán, 2020
Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, 2019
A SPELLBINDING COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LITERARY STAR
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.
Spine-tingling and unexpected, unearthly and strange, the stories of Mouthful of Birds are impossible to forget. 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.