Good and Evil and Other Stories
Samanta Schweblin
Translated by Megan McDowell
Synopsis
The Global Bestseller from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted Author of Fever Dream
CONFRONT THE DARKNESS
‘A fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human’ - Isabel Allende
A young mother steps into the water, determined to end her life. What will bring her back?
‘You will find yourself in the space on the other side of terror – a space of openness, fragility and strange reassurance’ - The Guardian
For a single moment, a baby is left unattended in a room of everyday dangers.
‘Just stellar - Extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled’ - Anne Enright
In a high-rise apartment block, in a city far from home, a ghost appears.
‘A master of the uncanny’ - The New Yorker
When a lonely woman acts on a kind impulse the consequences will be dark, bold and revelatory.
'These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside' - Colum McCann
From the thrice International Booker nominated author of Fever Dream and Little Eyes come six perfect terrors to change your days and haunt your dreams.
‘Mesmerizing . . . powerfully evocative and unsettling’ - Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times
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Reviews
“Just stellar - extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled”Anne Enright, author of The Wren, The Wren
“Remarkably taut, clear, precise, and yet capable of capturing the extent of our human messiness, these stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside”Colum McCann, author of Apeirogon
“I’ll be staying at home and reading lots over summer – several books by Samanta Schweblin; I recommend her Good and Evil and Other Stories. She is a fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human”Isabel Allende, author of The Wind Knows My Name
“Time and again in her masterful new collection, Schweblin creates characters whose lifelines reach some of the most extraordinary questions ever articulated in our literature”Karen Russell, author of The Antidote
