7/3/2023 0 Comments Little eyes book![]() ![]() They “sat on the edge of the bed facing the camera, took off their shirts, and one by one, removed their bras”. The novel begins in South Bend, Indiana, where the first thing three young girls do when they get together is show their breasts. ![]() Someone unknown from another part of the world is digitally connected to the kentuki, and can see whatever the camera shows on his or her computer screen. If this were not weird enough, the Argentinian author makes sure that the reader is aware from the first page that the kentuki owner is in on the secret. In Little Eyes, her novel translated by Megan McDowell, the toy-like devices - a mole, a crow, bunnies, pandas, even a dragon - have webcams nestling in their eyes. But resemblances, as can be expected in Samanta Schweblin’s fictional world, are not just misleading but also indefinably sinister. Unlike Superman, who is neither bird nor plane, the kentuki resembles a furry toy and moves about like a pet on the ground. Look at the floor - it’s a toy - it’s a pet - it’s a kentuki. ![]()
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