Good and Evil and Other Stories

The Global Bestseller from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted Author of Fever Dream A young mother steps into the water, determined to end her life. What will bring her back? For a single moment, a baby is left unattended in a room of everyday dangers. In a high-rise apartment block, in a city far from home, a ghost appears. When a lonely woman acts on a kind impulse the consequences will be dark, bold and revelatory. From the thrice International Booker nominated author of Fever Dream and Little Eyes come six perfect terrors to change your days and haunt your dreams. Praise for Good and Evil and Other Stories : ‘Mesmerizing . . . powerfully evocative and unsettling’ - Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times ‘These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside’ - Colum McCann ‘A master of the uncanny’ - The New Yorker ‘Just stellar - extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled’ - Anne Enright ‘A fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human’ - Isabel Allende ‘You will find yourself in the space on the other side of terror – a space of openness, fragility and strange reassurance’ - The Guardian

The Global Bestseller from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted Author of Fever Dream A young mother steps into the water, determined to end her life. What will bring her back? For a single moment, a baby is left unattended in a room of everyday dangers. In a high-rise apartment block, in a city far from home, a ghost appears. When a lonely woman acts on a kind impulse the consequences will be dark, bold and revelatory. From the thrice International Booker nominated author of Fever Dream and Little Eyes come six perfect terrors to change your days and haunt your dreams. Praise for Good and Evil and Other Stories : ‘Mesmerizing . . . powerfully evocative and unsettling’ - Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times ‘These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside’ - Colum McCann ‘A master of the uncanny’ - The New Yorker ‘Just stellar - extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled’ - Anne Enright ‘A fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human’ - Isabel Allende ‘You will find yourself in the space on the other side of terror – a space of openness, fragility and strange reassurance’ - The Guardian

The Global Bestseller from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted Author of Fever Dream CONFRONT THE DARKNESS ‘A fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human’ - Isabel Allende A young mother steps into the water, determined to end her life. What will bring her back? ‘You will find yourself in the space on the other side of terror – a space of openness, fragility and strange reassurance’ - The Guardian For a single moment, a baby is left unattended in a room of everyday dangers. ‘Just stellar - Extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled’ - Anne Enright In a high-rise apartment block, in a city far from home, a ghost appears. ‘A master of the uncanny’ - The New Yorker When a lonely woman acts on a kind impulse the consequences will be dark, bold and revelatory. 'These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside' - Colum McCann From the thrice International Booker nominated author of Fever Dream and Little Eyes come six perfect terrors to change your days and haunt your dreams. ‘Mesmerizing . . . powerfully evocative and unsettling’ - Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times

The Global Bestseller from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted Author of Fever Dream CONFRONT THE DARKNESS ‘A fabulous writer. Her stories are subtle, always haunting and deeply human’ - Isabel Allende A young mother steps into the water, determined to end her life. What will bring her back? ‘You will find yourself in the space on the other side of terror – a space of openness, fragility and strange reassurance’ - The Guardian For a single moment, a baby is left unattended in a room of everyday dangers. ‘Just stellar - Extreme, uncanny and beautifully controlled’ - Anne Enright In a high-rise apartment block, in a city far from home, a ghost appears. ‘A master of the uncanny’ - The New Yorker When a lonely woman acts on a kind impulse the consequences will be dark, bold and revelatory. 'These stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside' - Colum McCann From the thrice International Booker nominated author of Fever Dream and Little Eyes come six perfect terrors to change your days and haunt your dreams. ‘Mesmerizing . . . powerfully evocative and unsettling’ - Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times

INTERNATIONAL BESTELLER - A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist. "Nobody understands the balance of light and darkness of the human mind as well as Samanta Schweblin. She is a master of the edge, of the contour, the suggestion. The most brilliant writer of short stories writing today, she now delivers her most haunting, fierce and provocative book."--Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive "Schweblin creates characters whose lifelines reach some of the most extraordinary questions ever articulated in our literature." --Karen Russell, author of The Antidote and Swamplandia! "In Samanta Schweblin's hands a single story becomes a theory of just about everything. You can hear all the atoms of the universe bouncing around. Remarkably taut, clear, precise, and yet capable of capturing the extent of our human messiness, these stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside." --Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin The characters of Good and Evil find themselves at a point of no return, dazzled by the glare of impending tragedy. Vulnerable and profoundly human, they become trapped in the instant in which the uncanny has lurched into their lives. Some are transformed, some are isolated, others waver between guilt or tenderness. All of them are riven by uncertainty. Schweblin's prose uses tension and truth to construct a literary universe in which the monsters of everyday life come so close to us that we can almost feel their breath. Her writing provokes awe and disquiet, a state of alarm that at the same time transports us to a hypnotic world as recognizable as it is strange.

INTERNATIONAL BESTELLER - A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist. "Nobody understands the balance of light and darkness of the human mind as well as Samanta Schweblin. She is a master of the edge, of the contour, the suggestion. The most brilliant writer of short stories writing today, she now delivers her most haunting, fierce and provocative book."--Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive "Schweblin creates characters whose lifelines reach some of the most extraordinary questions ever articulated in our literature." --Karen Russell, author of The Antidote and Swamplandia! "In Samanta Schweblin's hands a single story becomes a theory of just about everything. You can hear all the atoms of the universe bouncing around. Remarkably taut, clear, precise, and yet capable of capturing the extent of our human messiness, these stories are perfect for the times we dwell inside." --Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin The characters of Good and Evil find themselves at a point of no return, dazzled by the glare of impending tragedy. Vulnerable and profoundly human, they become trapped in the instant in which the uncanny has lurched into their lives. Some are transformed, some are isolated, others waver between guilt or tenderness. All of them are riven by uncertainty. Schweblin's prose uses tension and truth to construct a literary universe in which the monsters of everyday life come so close to us that we can almost feel their breath. Her writing provokes awe and disquiet, a state of alarm that at the same time transports us to a hypnotic world as recognizable as it is strange.