Scent of Buenos Aires, The: Stories

Scent of Buenos Aires, The: Stories
Hebe Uhart, Maureen Shaughnessy
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Paperback
h152 x 178mm - 392pg
15 Oct 2019
International import eta 7-19 days
9781939810342
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From one of Argentina's greatest contemporary storytellers, The Scent of Buenos Aires gathers twenty-five of Hebe Uhart's most remarkable and incandescent short stories in English for the first time. The Scent of Buenos Aires offers the first book-length English translation of Uhart's work, drawing together her best vignettes of quotidian life: moments at the zoo, the hair salon, or a cacophonous homeowners association meeting. She writes in unconventional, understated syntax, constructing a delightfully specific perspective on life in South America. These stories are marked by sharp humor and wit: discreet and subtle, yet filled with eccentric and insightful characters. Uhart's narrators pose endearing questions about their lives and environments - one asks "Bees - do you know how industrious they are?" while another inquires, "Are we perhaps going to hell in a hand basket?"
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781939810342
Published: 15 Oct 2019
Published In:
Imprint: Archipelago Books
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 152mm
Width: 178mm
Pages: 392

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