At the Edge of “A Bed for the King’s Daughter” – Chicago Review of Books

At the Edge of “A Bed for the King’s Daughter” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The grounds upon which A Bed for the King’s Daughter was passed up by English-language publishers also mark, perhaps unsurprisingly, the roots of its merits. Sawad Hussain samples these rejections in her translator’s note. That the twenty-two micro-fictions in Shahla Ujayli’s proportionately short collection were considered on the submission circuit to be “too short,” “too experimental,” or … Read more

The Delicate Boundaries of Life in “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” – Chicago Review of Books

The Delicate Boundaries of Life in “The Dangers of Smoking in Bed” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Lauded Argentine journalist and author of Things We Lost in the Fire, Mariana Enríquez again delivers intrigue and brutality in her latest story collection, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell. Stories of spirits and disappearances collectively address the mystery of loss through narratives that are as gripping … Read more