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Mouthful of Birds

Stories

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Translated by Megan McDowell
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A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star.

Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection.

Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications, leaving your pulse racing, and the line between the real and the strange blur.


Audiobook table of contents:
Headlights, read by Erin Bennett
 Preserves, read by Allyson Ryan
 Butterflies, read by Mark Bramhall
 Mouthful of Birds, read by Kaleo Griffith
 Santa Claus Sleeps at Our House, read by Kirby Heyborne
 The Digger, read by Rob Shapiro
 Irman, read by Mark Deakins
The Test, read by Fred Sanders
 Toward Happy Civilization, read by Mark Bramhall
 Olingiris, read by Erin Bennett
 My Brother Walter, read by Arthur Morey
 The Merman, read by Hillary Huber
 Rage of Pestilence, read by Paul Boehmer
 Heads Against Concrete, read by Robbie Daymond
 The Size of Things, read by Fred Sanders
 Underground, read by Ray Porter
 Slowing Down, read by Danny Campbell
 On the Steppe, read by Cassandra Campbell
 A Great Effort, read by  John H. Mayer
 The Heavy Suitcase of Benavides, read by Josh Horowitz
© Alejandra López
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. View titles by Samanta Schweblin

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A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star.

Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection.

Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications, leaving your pulse racing, and the line between the real and the strange blur.


Audiobook table of contents:
Headlights, read by Erin Bennett
 Preserves, read by Allyson Ryan
 Butterflies, read by Mark Bramhall
 Mouthful of Birds, read by Kaleo Griffith
 Santa Claus Sleeps at Our House, read by Kirby Heyborne
 The Digger, read by Rob Shapiro
 Irman, read by Mark Deakins
The Test, read by Fred Sanders
 Toward Happy Civilization, read by Mark Bramhall
 Olingiris, read by Erin Bennett
 My Brother Walter, read by Arthur Morey
 The Merman, read by Hillary Huber
 Rage of Pestilence, read by Paul Boehmer
 Heads Against Concrete, read by Robbie Daymond
 The Size of Things, read by Fred Sanders
 Underground, read by Ray Porter
 Slowing Down, read by Danny Campbell
 On the Steppe, read by Cassandra Campbell
 A Great Effort, read by  John H. Mayer
 The Heavy Suitcase of Benavides, read by Josh Horowitz

Author

© Alejandra López
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. View titles by Samanta Schweblin

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