In the case of L ittle Eyes, it’s our all-consuming relationship with the digital world. That said, what’s consistent across all these works is Schwelbin’s desire to tackle contemporary concerns. It foregoes the hallucinatory prose of F ever Dream and the weird imagery of Mouthful of Birds for a more conventional, mainstream flavour. Stylistically, the book is a departure for Schweblin. This year sees the publication of Schweblin’s first novel, L ittle Eyes, translated by the always incredible Megan McDowell and recently longlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. She followed this up in 2019 with a collection of short fiction, Mouthful of Birds, that further enhanced her reputation as an author willing to tackle social issues – sexism, abortion, infidelity – through an absurdist, frequently horrific lens. In 2017 Argentinian author Samanta Schweblin caught the attention of English-language readers, critics, and the judges of the International Man Booker Prize with F ever Dream, a nightmarish novella that, amongst other things, critiqued the environmental effect of pesticides.
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