Thursday, August 17, 2023

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica


Started: 8/16/2023

Finished: 8/17/2023

Year: 2020

Pages: 159

Genre: horror, dark fiction

Grade; C

Reason for reading: library book

Type: paperback

Blurb (from Amazon): "From celebrated author Agustina Bazterricathis collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica’s vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways—often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound. In “Roberto,” a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman’s neighbor jumps to his death in “A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound,” and in “Candy Pink,” a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps."

Opinion: Like with all short story collections, some are better than others. Some of these will linger in my mind longer than others. 

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