Ana Maria Shua

• Jan-1997
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"Appropriately colloquial, idiomatic translation of prolific Argentine writer's novel Soy paciente. A humerous satire on the state's health care system, novel may remind readers of Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest. No accompanying material...

• Sep-1998
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Born in Buenos Aires in 1951, Ana Maria Shua is one of the most exciting and prolific young Latin American Jewish writers. She published her first book at the age of sixteen; since then she has published thirteen books, including nonfiction, novels, ...

• Feb-2008
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“The wink of an eye and we are transported to an unexpected realm. In very few impeccable lines, Shua’s micro short stories open new vistas to our perception of dreams, myths, fairy tales, even of our everyday life. To read her is to disc...

• Apr-2009
• / General Fiction
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Cinderella’s sisters surgically modify their feet to win the prince’s love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger compete to out-fool eac...

• Dec-2010
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In Death as a Side Effect, Ana Maria Shua s brilliantly dark satire transports readers to a dystopic future Argentina where gangs of ad hoc marauders and professional thieves roam the streets while the wealthy purchase security behind fortified concr...

• Jul-2012
• / General Fiction
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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Steven J. Stewart. "Ana Maria Shua's microfictions reveal oneiric universes, multiform realties, secret worlds with the unlikely coherence of the absurd, the amorphous logic of the imagin...

• Oct-2012
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Dystopian fantasy, political parable, morality tale -- however one reads it, this novel is first and foremost pure Ana María Shua, a work of fiction like no other and a dark pleasure to read. Shua, an Argentinian writer widely celebrated throughout ...