âI love the work of Elizabeth Strout â she can build characters with nothingâ: Samanta Schweblin in Kreuzberg, Berlin, last month. Photograph: Steffen Roth/The Observer
âI love the work of Elizabeth Strout â she can build characters with nothingâ: Samanta Schweblin in Kreuzberg, Berlin, last month. Photograph: Steffen Roth/The Observer
The Argentinian writer on how the small mechanical toys she dreamed up for her most recent novel might become a reality; and the forthcoming Netflix film of her debut, Fever Dream
Sat 24 Apr 2021 13.00 EDT
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1978, Samanta Schweblin is the author of three short story collections, and in 2010 was chosen by Granta as one of the best writers in Spanish under 35. Her debut novel,