Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories
by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses
Buy on Amazon"From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways--often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound. In "Roberto," a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound," and in "Candy Pink," a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps."--
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"This is a relatively short collection of stories, but it opens with a bang and never relents. A girl says she has a rabbit between her legs. A man commits suicide to spite his neighbor. A woman offers a guide to overcoming a breakup. A man falls for an alien. Wild, hilarious, violent, unexpected; this collection has it all, and Agustina Bazterrica deftly changes tone and atmosphere with each story."
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