The Scent Of Buenos Aires
Hebe Uhart,Maureen Shaughnessy
The Scent Of Buenos Aires
Hebe Uhart,Maureen Shaughnessy
From one of Argentina’s greatest contemporary storytellers, The Scent of Buenos Aires gathers twenty-five of Hebe Uhart’s most remarkable and incandescent short stories in English for the first time.
The Scent of Buenos Aires offers the first book-length English translation of Uhart’s work, drawing together her best vignettes of quotidian life- moments at the zoo, the hair salon, or a cacophonous homeowners association meeting. She writes in unconventional, understated syntax, constructing a delightfully specific perspective on life in South America. These stories are marked by sharp humor and wit- discreet and subtle, yet filled with eccentric and insightful characters. Uhart’s narrators pose endearing questions about their lives and environments - one asks Bees - do you know how industrious they are? while another inquires, Are we perhaps going to hell in a hand basket?
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