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Bewilder: A New Bestiary
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Expected 16 Mar 27A bestiary for our (insane) times, featuring stories from Korea, Poland, Spain, Argentina, Catalonia, India, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Dark, surprising, and cheeky, the nine stories in Bewilder stray outside the bounds of domestic life to confront just what it means to be a living creature on this planet. A woman transforms into a camel whenever she gets the urge to end her life. A pig goddess decides to reincarnate as a human to spread her pig gospel. Rabbits come under the sway of a cultish leader, storks attack a city in a gruesome take on Hitchcock’s The Birds, and a prisoner bitterly observes the rats that come and go from his cell. Exploring themes of violence, language, power, and liberation, these stories are no mere fables. They are a piercing warning cry.
Dark, surprising, and cheeky, the nine stories in Bewilder stray outside the bounds of domestic life to confront just what it means to be a living creature on this planet. A woman transforms into a camel whenever she gets the urge to end her life. A pig goddess decides to reincarnate as a human to spread her pig gospel. Rabbits come under the sway of a cultish leader, storks attack a city in a gruesome take on Hitchcock’s The Birds, and a prisoner bitterly observes the rats that come and go from his cell. Exploring themes of violence, language, power, and liberation, these stories are no mere fables. They are a piercing warning cry.
200 pages, Paperback
Expected publication March 16, 2027
About the author
Andrés Barba
92 books334 followersAndrés Barba is the award-winning author of numerous books, including Such Small Hands and The Right Intention. He was one of Granta's Best Young Spanish novelists and received the Premio Herralde for Luminous Republic, which will be translated into twenty languages.
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