Seven Empty Houses Psychological and prides herself on always

and prides herself on always achieving her goals

she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story

When a flash flood threatens a nearby town

One journalist

Tracking this ringleader and his cadre of international criminals

Seven Empty Houses Psychological and prides herself on alwaysWinner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature The seven houses in these seven stories are strange. A person is missing, or a truth, or memory; some rooms are enticing, some unmoored, others empty. But in Samanta Schweblin's tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back inside: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child's first encounter with darkness or the fallibility of parents. In each