An Evening with Samantha Schweblin

An acclaimed Argentine author known for her unsettling, finely wrought fiction appears at Books & Books in Coral Gables for a conversation on her newest collection.

An Evening with Samanta Schweblin takes place Friday, October 3, presented by the Books & Books Literary Foundation. Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist, will discuss her latest work Good and Evil and Other Stories in conversation with writer Anjanette Delgado.

In Good and Evil and Other Stories, Schweblin presents a haunting collection in which characters find themselves suspended at moments of rupture and recognition. Everyday life suddenly tilts toward the uncanny: tragedy looms, tenderness competes with guilt and choices made in an instant carry irreversible weight. Her prose balances precision with intensity, pulling readers into a literary universe where familiar experiences become charged with strangeness. The stories, at once intimate and expansive, interrogate the fragility of human connection while offering glimpses of resilience and transformation.

Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Berlin, Samanta Schweblin has become one of the most widely read and translated contemporary Latin American authors. Her debut novel Fever Dream was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, while her later works Little Eyes, Mouthful of Birds, and Seven Empty Houses have all earned international acclaim. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review and Harper’s Magazine, and her books have been translated into more than forty languages. Known for her ability to combine psychological unease with sharp social observation, Schweblin continues to shape global conversations around contemporary fiction.

Anjanette Delgado is a Puerto Rican Emmy Award–winning writer and journalist. She is the author of two novels and the hybrid collection El sexilio, with a new book, Las bichotas, forthcoming from Vintage Español. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR and Vogue.