Samanta Schweblin
Born
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Twitter
Genre
Influences
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Fever Dream
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published
2014
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4 editions
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Little Eyes
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published
2018
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68 editions
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Mouthful of Birds
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published
2009
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65 editions
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Seven Empty Houses
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published
2015
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41 editions
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Good and Evil and Other Stories
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published
2025
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10 editions
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La respiración cavernaria
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published
2015
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3 editions
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El núcleo del disturbio
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published
2002
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5 editions
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Un hombre sin suerte
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published
2015
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2 editions
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Matar a un perro
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Toward Happy Civilization
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“(...) A veces, me asusta pensar que los problemas de todos los días puedan ser para mí un poco más terribles que para el resto de la gente.”
― Fever Dream
― Fever Dream
“El mundo lo que tiene es una gran crisis de amor, y de que, al fin y al cabo, no son buenos tiempos para la gente muy sensible.”
― Pájaros en la boca
― Pájaros en la boca
“Yo siempre pienso en el peor de los casos. Ahora mismo estoy calculando cuánto tardaría en salir corriendo del coche y llegar hasta Nina si ella corriera de pronto hasta la pileta y se tirara. Lo llamo "distancia de rescate", así llamo a esa distancia variable que me separa de mi hija y me paso la mitad del día calculándola, aunque siempre arriesgo más de lo que debería.”
― Fever Dream
― Fever Dream
Polls
What should be our August 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (South America)
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez (Argentina)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile)
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Argentina)
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (Brazil)
The Memory Stones by Caroline Brothers (Argentina)
Delirium by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)
The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis (Uruguay)
61 total votes
Topics Mentioning This Author
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The Seasonal Read...:
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