Samanta Schweblin: ‘In fiction we try not to talk about technology’
Kathryn Bromwich
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,
Fever Dream (2014, translated by Megan McDowell in 2017), won the Shirley Jackson award for best novella and was shortlisted for the Booker International prize. Schweblin’s second novel,
Little Eyes, out now in paperback, imagines a reality in which people keep “kentuki” – small, animal-shaped devices with cameras for eyes, controlled by an unknown user somewhere across the globe. She lives in Berlin.