This is our present and we're living it - we just don't know it yet. But beneath the cuddly exterior, kentukis conceal a truth that is unsettlingly familiar and exhilaratingly real. Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel pulls us into a dark and complex world of unexpected love, playful encounters and marvellous adventures. From pandas and moles to crows and dragons, customers can purchase their own personal smart pet, a device capable of moving around and responding to their every interaction. Anonymous and untraceable, these seemingly cute cuddly toys reveal the beauty of connection between far-flung souls - but they also expose the ugly truth of our interconnected society. The central object of Samanta Schweblin’s latest novel, Little Eyes, is the kentuki, a smart-speaker-cum-Furby available in a variety of adorable skins.
They've infiltrated apartments in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Sierra Leone, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana. These are kentukis, and they are in your home. 'She has a gift for fiction that is pure, original, revelatory.' El Pais World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2020 The Times Best Science Fiction Books of the Year Meanwhile, she dissects our strange, globalized world in which we find it increasingly difficult to hide things from one another.A visionary novel about our interconnected world, about the collision of horror and humanity, from the Man Booker-shortlisted master of the spine-tingling taleĪ Guardian & Observer Best Fiction Book of 2020Ī Sunday Times Best Science Fiction Book of the Year Schweblin is a masterful storyteller who uses thriller elements in Little Eyes to draw readers in. In Spain, Little Eyes won the Mandarache Prize, which is awarded by young readers aged between 15 and 30. But the cuddly toys are remotely controlled by people you don’t know who can see into your living room. In the book, people all over the world start acquiring ‘kentukis’ – cute surrogate pets that provide companionship. Schweblin’s recent novel Little Eyes is about social media and oversharing.
She has written several award-winning collections of short stories, and her novel Fever Dream received many awards, was nominated for the International Man Booker Prize, and will soon be the subject of a Netflix series. In the Spanish-speaking world, she is widely regarded as one of the best, if not the best, short-story writer of her generation. 1978) has been living in Berlin for years, but returns to Latin America regularly.
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