Nineteen claws and a dark bird
SHORT STORIES. ALFAGUARA, 2020. 192 PAGES.
For many years, Agustina Bazterrica has been writing brief texts and short stories that Alfaguara has now collected in this volume. Nineteen stories that take us to the heart of our fears, our darkest, most delirious fantasies and the blackest humour. Texts that question love, friendship, family relationships and secret desires. Diecinueve garras y un pájaro oscuro (Nineteen claws and a dark bird) is a new, revised and expanded edition of a collection first published in 2016 under the title Antes del encuentro feroz (Before the Fierce Encounter). Several of the texts included here won awards (First Prize in the 2004/2005 City of Buenos Aires Awards for Unpublished Stories, and First Prize in the Edmundo Valadés Awards for the Latin American Short Story, among others). This is an enthralling read that reaffirms a style and depth that are unique on the Spanish-speaking literary scene.
«The brutality of the female experience is cut through with a dark wit and a heavy dose of the fantastic.»
The Guardian
«Gothic and brilliantly grim»
Daily Mail
«Dark, funny, weird, unique; the list of adjectives that apply to this collection goes on and on, but the most impressive thing about it is the variety of voices, themes, and approaches that Bazterrica manages to cram into these 20 tales.»
Gabino Iglesias
PUBLISHED BY: Spanish ALFAGUARA | Brazil DARKSIDE BOOKS | China SHANGHAI 99 READERS CULTURE| Czech Republic KNIHY DOBROVSKY | Netherlands MERIDIAAN | United Kingdom PUSHKIN PRESS | USA SCRIBNER | Türkiye ÇINAR / SIREN YAYINLARI
Other titles from Agustina Bazterrica:
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FICTION, 2023
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NOVEL, 2017
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SHORT STORIES, 2016
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