Sleeping Dragons
by Magela Baudoin
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Pub Date Aug 01 2018 | Archive Date Feb 15 2019
Timothy Schaffner | Schaffner Press, Inc.
Description
SLEEPING DRAGONS is the first volume of short fiction by the acclaimed Bolivian author Magela Baudoin to be published in English. In this collection—the winner of 2015 Gabriel García Márquez Spanish-American Short Story Prize—her deceptively innocent portrayals of day to day lives belie the unsettling feeling of things unseen and unsaid and on the verge of falling apart. The young woman in the title story embarks on an eco-adventure to escape a recent break-up and finds herself heading towards an even murkier future; "Mengele in Love" explores the relationship between a chambermaid in a five-star hotel and her sister and the sinister love that came between them; and the specter of the Argentinian "dirty wars" emerges when a writer renting a room in Buenos Aires learns the hidden story of her hostesses.
Advance Praise
"Each story takes a situation to unexpected extremes and the endings are always surprising and subtly justified, effectively avoiding clichés and suggesting several vague possibilities that cause the reader lasting unease."
~Alberto Manguel, author of The Library at Night
“ With exquisitely rendered descriptions of space, place and persons, Magela Baudoin hovers over human relationships with the intensity of a high-tech drone . . . she deftly shows us how people who live together can bring out one another’s deepest vulnerabilities, resulting in a kind of violence that creeps into our most intimate relationships.”
—Sylvia Torti, author of Cages and The Scorpion's Tail
"In the slim but impactful story collection, Bolivian writer Magela Baudoin unsettles and surprises as she steers her realistic narratives into unexpected and thought-provoking territory. The concise, intelligent fiction will move, intrigue, and not fade quickly from memory."
----Nicholas Litchfield, Colorado Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781943156450 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 120 |
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General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIAP+, Poetry & Verse
