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133 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2017
the heart, a trawl net in deep waters, hunts without knowing what it's caught: equal things in different places or different things in the same places.the first book from peruvian writer katya adaui to appear in english, here be icebergs (aquí hay icebergs) is a collection of a dozen short stories, most about familial dysfunction (and several with dead fathers). indifference, longing, guilt and blame, disappointment, humiliation, loss, and other such dynamics populate adaui's stories, where even the daily and the mundane reveal the betrayals, dissatisfactions, and hidden violences of family relations. "seven waves," "this is the man," "alaska," and "the hunger artist" are the best of the bunch.
i read; it's the same as running away. i find a spot. my bed. the treehouse. eighty days around the world. a room of one's own. and if i don't understand what i read (this happens a lot), i seethe.*translated from the spanish by rosalind harvey (villalobos, nettel, vila-matas, et al.)