If the order in which they tell their story is accurate. They wonder about whether what they’re doing is right. Throughout the book people question their actions. These are funny stories and terribly sad ones there are some that feel gleaned from outtakes to ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,’ while others would make Stephen King tip his hat in appreciation … This is an extraordinarily well-ordered collection … Here at last is why Schweblin’s tales are so piercing and make such a lasting mark. “These 20 stories display the full range of Schweblin’s tone and effects.
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, trans. But taken all together, the book does feel like a kind of grand union: the lucky synthesis of everything swirling inside Smith’s big, beautiful brain.”Ĥ. “… eclectic … Inevitably, some are stronger than others … Pieces that garnered a lot of attention when they first appeared elsewhere hold up gratifyingly well, though the experimental efforts that work best tend to be the ones that wear their humanity on their sleeve … There’s some cognitive whiplash, too, in toggling so quickly between so many styles. Read them one sitting at a time, somewhere still and quiet, and let them sink in.” They’re a religious experience … In Exhalation, which could be subtitled ‘Black Mirror For Optimists,’ every story seems crafted with one objective in mind-pure awe … The three longer stories in Exhalation are Chiang’s finest work to date … Savor all nine of these stories. But Ted Chiang is the only one who’s done it without writing a novel … oh, his stories. Jemisin, Cixin Liu, and Ann Leckie, to name a few. “A handful of living science fiction writers have attained godlike status-N.K.
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