Longlisted for the PEN Translation PrizeDiscover 25 remarkable and incandescent short stories by one of Argentina's greatest contemporary storytellers-now in English for the very 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?" "Uhart's stories are concise and filled with both dry and conversational wit and flashes of poignant insight .
Longlisted for the PEN Translation PrizeDiscover 25 remarkable and incandescent short stories by one of Argentina's greatest contemporary storytellers-now in English for the very 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?" "Uhart's stories are concise and filled with both dry and conversational wit and flashes of poignant insight .