Little Eyes

- Reviews -

' Ingenious. . . An artful exploration of solitude and empathy in a globalised world. . . in a nimble, fast-moving narrative, what' s most impressive is the way she foregrounds her characters' inner hopes and fears. ' * Guardian * ' Disturbing. . . Schweblin enjoys hovering just above the normal. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, she is interest in exposing absurdities. ' * Financial Times * ' Little Eyes makes for masterfully uneasy reading; it' s a book that burrows under your skin. ' * Telegraph * ' I cannot remember a book so efficient in establishing character and propelling narrative; there' s material for a hundred novels in these deft, rich 242 pages. . . The writing, ably translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, is superb, fully living up to the promise of Schweblin' s stunning previous novel, Fever Dream. . . A slim volume as expansive and ambitious as an epic. ' * New York Times * ' Little Eyes acts as a clear warning that every digital decision we make has consequences. . . It does feel alarmingly real. ' * i * ' Creepy as hell. ' * Weekend Sport * ' Enjoyable reading. . . riffing on everyday human foibles - jealousy, capriciousness, existential restlessness. . . the understatedly arch tone is well served by Megan McDowell' s translation, which is so slick that one hardly seems to be reading a translated work. ' * Literary Review * ' If you want a spookily prescient vision of human isolation both assuaged and deepened by inscrutable, glitch-prone tech, then Little Eyes more than fits the brief. . . Adroitly served by Megan McDowell' s winningly deadpan translation, these stories deal not in ' truly brutal plots' but ' desperately human and quotidian' urges, fears and scams. . . In the middle of our stay-at-home, broadband-enabled apocalypse, that feels right. ' * Spectator * ' The ' toys' Schweblin has created are the perfect hybrid between a pet and a social network, enabling her to dissect problems that touch all of our lives: the dark side of the internet; the global epidemic of loneliness; the dumb inertia that leads us to jump on board with the latest trend. . . As always in the worlds Schweblin creates, the real monsters are to be found not in the outside world, but inside each of us. ' * New York Times (Spanish edition) * ' A dystopian novel that is necessary, hypnotic, irresistible. ' * Elle Italia * ' The finest novel of the past five years. Quite exceptional. Little Eyes will certainly feature in future lists of the ten best novels of this century. ' * Luisge Martin, author of The Same City * ' This has a propulsive, Dave Eggers-ish readability. ' * Daily Mail * ' Little Eyes is a short, powerful, disquieting novel. The story explores the grey area that constitutes an invasion of privacy, and the line between intimacy and exhibitionism. Samanta Schweblin guides the narrative with a skilful hand reminiscent of her very finest short stories. An excellent storyteller, but above all, a true writer. ' * La Razon * ' Schweblin' s handling of tension and her viscously instantaneous ironic twists, familiar from her short story collection Mouthful of Birds, are delicious. . . An eerie sense of disjuncture characterises the entire reading experience. . . an indicator of the deep, discomforting place it has made itself under my skin. ' * 3am magazine * ' Her most unsettling work yet - and her most realistic. ' * New York Times * ' Schweblin' s clear and brisk language, aided by a seemingly effortless translation from Spanish by Megan McDowell, drives home the accessibility of this outlandish story. Little Eyes is strange and addictive, an experience made even more frightening by how familiar this feels. ' * Salon * ' Alluring and unsettling in equal measure. . . A subtle and scathing parody of modern communications technology and social media. . . Colourful and near-hypnotic prose. . . A rare, yet powerful, indictment of a society that tolerates and even encourages violations of one of our most precious moral commodities - privacy. ' * E&T * ' She has a gift for fiction that is pure, original, revelatory. ' * El Pais * ' Little Eyes calls to mind the world of Black Mirror. The result is suffocating and addictive in equal measure; combining the minutiae of domestic life with a picture of the dark side of technology in a disconcertingly natural style. A story about voyeurism, and the pleasure of looking at the world through someone else' s eyes. ' * El Mundo * ' An insightful reflection on solitude and privacy. ' * ABC * ' [Schweblin is] a literary explorer of 21st century fears. ' * La Vanguardia * ' Schweblin plunges herself once again into the disturbing limits of what we think of as ' normal' . ' * Letras Libres * ' This isn' t science fiction; this is the here and now. ' * El Diario * ' Like a true master, Schweblin manages to lure us in with a story that leaves us both bruised and fascinated. ' * Culturas * ' The undisputed star of Latin American fiction. ' * ABC Sevilla * ' The fantastic and strange worlds of Samanta Schweblin' s work are described with wisdom and ferocity. ' * La Repubblica * ' Embedded within this novel of international interconnectivity are questions of the exhibitionism and voyeurism tied up in our use of technology. Expect echoes of the Wachowskis' Sense8, except told with what has been characterized as Schweblin' s "neurotic unease. " * The Millions, Most Anticipated Titles of 2020 * ' Samanta Schweblin will injure you, however safe you may feel. ' * Jesse Ball, author of Census * ' Samanta Schweblin is one of the most promising voices in modern literature. ' ' Disturbing. . . Schweblin enjoys hovering just above the normal. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, she is interest in exposing absurdities. ' * Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature *

- Author Bio -

Samanta Schweblin is the author of three story collections that have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Juan Rulfo Story Prize, and most recently, a Man Booker International Prize longlisting for Mouthful of Birds (Oneworld, 2019). Her debut novel Fever Dream was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017. Originally from Buenos Aires, she lives in Berlin. Megan McDowell has translated books by many contemporary South American and Spanish authors, and her translations have been published in The New Yorker, Harper' s and The Paris Review. She lives in Chile.

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9781786078612
Published:	1 Apr 2021
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	Oneworld Publications
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Format:	Paperback
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm
Spine:	19mm
Pages:	256

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