Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781668012666)

An NPR Best Book of 2023

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh.

From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this 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.

Written in Bazterrica's signature clever, vivid style, these stories question love, friendship, family relationships, and unspeakable desires.

Author: Agustina Bazterrica
ISBN-10: 1668012669
ISBN-13: 9781668012666
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2023
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly 04/10/2023