Samanta Schweblin, author portrait
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Samanta Schweblin

Samanta Schweblin is the author of the novel Fever Dream, a finalist for the International Booker Prize, and the novel Little Eyes and story collection A Mouthful of Birds, longlisted for the same prize. Chosen by Granta as one of the twenty-two best writers in Spanish under the age of thirty-five, she has won numerous prestigious awards around the world. Her books have been translated into thirty-five languages, and her work has appeared in English in The New Yorker and Harper’s Magazine. Originally from Buenos Aires, Schweblin lives in Berlin.

Megan McDowell is the recipient of a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been short- or longlisted four times for the International Booker Prize. She lives in Santiago, Chile.
Fever Dream
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner)
Little Eyes
Mouthful of Birds

Books

Fever Dream
Good and Evil and Other Stories
Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner)
Little Eyes
Mouthful of Birds

FROM THE PAGE: Read an excerpt from Samanta Schweblin’s Good and Evil and Other Stories

Good and Evil and Other Stories is a haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist.   Welcome to the Club I jump into the water from the end of the pier and sink down, holding my nose. After the

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