Ghosts

by Paloma Vidal, Hilary Kaplan (Translator)

This story was originally published in Day One, a weekly literary journal dedicated to short fiction and poetry from emerging writers.

From South American author Paloma Vidal comes a collection of vignettes that provides glimpses into the lives of those who are looking for something just out of sight. A filmmaker returns to the home of her grandfather to see if her memories match reality, and a young woman moves through the disheartening phases of marriage, pregnancy, estrangement, motherhood, and aging. Meanwhile, a tango dancer meets tragedy in the presence of a stranger, and a man going off to war attempts to convince himself of his imminent heroism. Told with both vividness and subtlety, each story entails the death of expectation, the disappointment inherent in reality, and the inevitability of regret once desire has been sated.

47 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 10, 2014

About the author

Paloma Vidal nasceu em Buenos Aires em 1975, e aos dois anos veio para o Rio de Janeiro. Publicou os livros de contos A duas mãos (7Letras) e Mais ao Sul (Língua Geral). Participou das antologias 25 mulheres que estão fazendo a nova literatura brasileira (Record, 2004), Paralelos: 17 contos da nova literatura brasileira (Agir, 2004) e A Visita (Barracuda, 2005).

Paloma Vidal foi uma das semifinalistas do Prêmio São paulo de Literatura 2010 com o romance "Algum lugar".