Fever Dream

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017



Tightly wound and full of dread, Fever Dream is a chilling tale of maternal love and environmental catastrophe, from an Argentinian literary star



''The book I wish I had written'' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women and Animal



A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a remote Argentinian hospital. A boy named David sits beside her.



She''s not his mother. He''s not her child.



At David''s ever more insistent prompting, Amanda recounts a series of events from the apparently recent past, a conversation that opens a chest of horrors. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family.



A chilling tale of maternal anxiety and ecological menace, Fever Dream is a modern classic. Samanta Schweblin''s unforgettable debut is a prescient warning about our manipulation of the natural world, and an unforgettable exercise in literary suspense.



''A gloriously creepy fable'' Guardian, ''Best Fiction of 2017''