{"id":50200,"date":"2023-01-18T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=50200"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T19:59:32","slug":"seven-empty-houses-by-samanta-schweblin-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/seven-empty-houses-by-samanta-schweblin-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-50132\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Seven-Empty-Houses-Samanta-Schweblin-BookDragon-509x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Seven-Empty-Houses-Samanta-Schweblin-BookDragon-509x800.jpg 509w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/11\/Seven-Empty-Houses-Samanta-Schweblin-BookDragon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nEach member of this fabulous cast is identified <em>twice\u00a0\u2013 <\/em>with every story title\u00a0<em>and<\/em> at audiobook\u2019s end \u2013 in a rare (but super easy-to-do!) instance of responsible recognition. Literary darling Samanta Schweblin\u2019s 2015 collection, fluidly translated by favored Megan McDowell, features seven unsettling stories about seven physically, emotionally, and literally empty houses, performed by seven narrators who deftly embody disturbing unease.<\/p>\n<p>Elena Rey chillingly portrays a daughter whose mother likes to \u201cgo out and look at other people\u2019s houses.\u201d Lee Osorio\u2019s raised eyebrows are practically visible as he decides not to reveal his naked parents and children in the picture window. Gisela Ch\u00edpe crisply gives voice to next-door neighbors fighting over a dead boy\u2019s clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Yareli Arizmendi gets the most airtime, ciphering an aging woman rapidly losing control of reality. Victoria Villarreal urgently seeks aspirin while her mother-in-law attempts to claim her two square feet. Daisy Guevara and In\u00e9s del Castillo both confront what could easily become tragedies: a girl without underwear led out of the hospital by a stranger and a young woman entering a car with an \u201cescapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ominous but addictive, Schweblin again succeeds in pulling \u2013 yanking \u2013 in readers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Seven-Empty-Houses-\/pid=9772399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers:<\/strong> Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2015 (Spain), 2022 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Each member of this fabulous cast is identified twice\u00a0\u2013 with every story title\u00a0and at audiobook\u2019s end \u2013 in a rare (but super easy-to-do!) instance of responsible recognition. 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