Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, Agustina Bazterrica
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, Agustina Bazterrica
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Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
Stories

Author: Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses

Narrator: Aida Reluzco, Andy Garcia, Andrรฉ Santana, Christian Barillas

Unabridged: 4 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2023


Synopsis

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.

About Agustina Bazterrica

Agustina Bazterrica, born in Buenos Aires in 1974, has a degree in arts from the University of Buenos Aires and works as a cultural manager and jury member in various literary contests. She is the author of the short story collection Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, and the novels Matar al niña and Tender Is the Flesh, the latter of which was awarded the Clarín Novel Prize. Tender Is the Flesh established Bazterrica as a bestselling author worldwide, with translations into thirty languages and half a million copies sold in English alone. Tender Is the Flesh is currently being adapted for television. Her latest novel, The Unworthy, was published in Spanish in 2023 and received the same enthusiastic reception as Tender Is the Flesh, affirming Bazterrica’s status as a prominent author in contemporary literature.

About Sarah Moses

Sarah Moses is a Canadian writer and translator from French and Spanish. She has translated work by Latin American authors including Tomás Downey and Ariana Harwicz, whose novel Die, My Love was longlisted for the International Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Premio Valle Inclán, and the Best Translated Book Award. The Unworthy is the third of Agustina Bazterrica’s books she has translated into English. Her collection of short fiction, Strange Water, will be published in the fall of 2024.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on June 23, 2024

creepy scary literary short book...i'm in heaven. doing mini reviews for each short story, as i always do when i find myself with an excess of grit and wherewithal, like a single mom flipping houses on HGTV: STORY 1: A LIGHT, SWIFT, AND MONSTROUS SOUND oh hell yeah. the best way, as in the most promisin......more

Goodreads review by Flo on October 29, 2024

[1.8โญ] ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™š๐™ซ๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–ฬ๐™Ÿ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ค๐™จ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค es un volumen de diecinueve cuentos de terror escritos por Agustina Bazterrica y publicados en 2020.ย  Como dije en una de mis recientes reseรฑas, quise seguir incursionando con Bazterrica ya que me ha encantado ๐˜พ๐™–๐™™๐™–ฬ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค y ๐™‡๐™–๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™จ. Las califiq......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on June 22, 2023

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a translated collection of cruel and shocking short stories laced with dark humour. After being equally repulsed and captivated by Tender is the Flesh, I requested this short story collection as soon as I saw it. I rarely read short story collections because I pref......more

Goodreads review by daph pink โ™ก on November 20, 2023

At first, it was enjoyable, but it quickly wore off. I would have given it a generous three stars if there had been a balance between the excellent and poor stories, but I'm going to settle for a two because towards the end it also lost my interest and got so boring that I dreaded picking it up.......more

Goodreads review by Gareth on May 21, 2023

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird is a stunningly diverse collection of 20 tense, shocking and brutal short stories from Agustina Bazterrica. This was a beautifully crafted collection, it is like every single word was placed to perfection which creates such a beautiful and evocative reading experience.......more