Good and Evil and Other Stories

"It makes sense that Samanta Schweblin brought up David Lynch during her 2022 chat with NPR’s Weekend Edition. Sure, the Argentine expat (now based in Berlin) works in a different medium and language, but Schweblin’s fiction bears an undeniable resemblance to the late American director’s films. Even when they’re not outright fever dreams, her worlds tend to be inescapably off – disconcertingly akimbo and bathed in unplaceable menace. Best not to let your guard down with her new short story collection, brought into English by Megan McDowell, a veteran translator of Schweblin’s work."