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"Desperate to find a cure for his depression, a young man forges an odd relationship with a disgraced scientist. The descendant of a refugee tells her family story using symbols instead of names. A lonely boy from a broken family finds solace in a television show hosted by a mysterious man. In these stories, equal parts sad and funny, Pablo Piänero Stillmann's characters lose themselves as they search for meaningful human connection. These are stories of chaos--internal and external--of chasing and escaping, of intense longing, Most of all, the nine stories in this book are portraits of people wrestling with their deepest flaws."--Back cover.…mehr

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"Desperate to find a cure for his depression, a young man forges an odd relationship with a disgraced scientist. The descendant of a refugee tells her family story using symbols instead of names. A lonely boy from a broken family finds solace in a television show hosted by a mysterious man. In these stories, equal parts sad and funny, Pablo Piänero Stillmann's characters lose themselves as they search for meaningful human connection. These are stories of chaos--internal and external--of chasing and escaping, of intense longing, Most of all, the nine stories in this book are portraits of people wrestling with their deepest flaws."--Back cover.
Autorenporträt
A graduate of Indiana University's MFA in creative writing program, Pablo Piñero Stillmann has been the recipient of Mexico's two top grants for young writers: The Foundation for Mexican Literature (f, l, m) and The National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA). His fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in, among other journals, Ninth Letter, Bennington Review, The Normal School, Notre Dame Review, The Rumpus, and Moon City Review. His debut novel, Temblador, was published in 2014 by Conaculta.