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A blazingly original, profoundly moving new work of fiction by a writer whose world-and imagination-knows no boundaries. "I don't know what planet Judy Budnitz comes from, " said "Newsweek on the publication of her fiction debut, "Flying Leap, "but I'm happy to have her. Tremendous . . . funny, dark, adventurous, slanted, and enchanted." These twelve astonishingly inventive stories-which take us into the heart of America and around the globe, ...

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Si buscas un descubrimiento, aquí lo tienes: se llama Judy Budnitz.Sus historias son impactantes, y combinan la extravagancia y la cercanía de un modo magistral: tan pronto nos sentimos cerca de sus personajes como notamos una jarra de agua helada cayendo sobre nuestras ideas.Estos doce relatos son imposibles de olvidar. Nos llevan del corazón de América a una ciudad en guerra del Este de Europa, conocemos a una madre que quiere a toda costa q...

La joven e inquieta Ilana, ansiosa por escapar del mundo cerrado y asfixiante en el que nació y creció, emprende una suerte de viaje iniciático, atravesando los tenebrosos bosques cercanos a su pueblo natal, en los que acechan criaturas semifantásticas y personajes de lo más variopinto, y se embarca hacia Estados Unidos. A través de ella, la autora tira del hilo y consigue que se sucedan las historias contadas por sus descendientes: su hija, s...

A blazingly original, profoundly moving new work of fiction by a writer whose world-and imagination-knows no boundaries. "I don't know what planet Judy Budnitz comes from, ” said Newsweek on the publication of her fiction debut, Flying Leap, "but I'm happy to have her. Tremendous . . . funny, dark, adventurous, slanted, and enchanted.” These twelve astonishingly inventive stories-which take us into the heart of America and around the globe, fr...

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In her original novel about mothers, daughters, and love, Judy Budnitz gives the traditional folktale an electrifying twist as she follows four generations of women from an Eastern European village to the tenements of an American city.

These shocking, brilliant, and ultimately beautiful stories chronicle the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Each tale is laced with enough wit, humor, and imagination to keep the reader constantly amazed. From the young son persuaded to donate his heart to his dying mother, to the girl who befriends a man in a dog suit in post-apocolyptic suburbia, to the man and woman conducting a love affair across a park bench, these cha...