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by Pascha Sotolongo
A captivating debut collection exploring longing, loneliness, and connection, in stories that feature Cuban American characters and uncanny, speculative twists.
In the tradition of narrativa de lo inusual (narrative of the unusual), The Only Sound Is the Wind combines the fantastic with the everyday, weaving elements of magical realism and surrealist twists to sharpen our view of human (and animal) connection. In the title story, the arrival of a mail-order clone complicates a burgeoning romance; a lonely librarian longing for her homeland strikes up an unusual relationship in the award-winning "The Moth"; when humans start giving birth to puppies and kittens in "This New Turn," a realignment of the natural order ensues. With a playful tenderness and satirical bent, The Only Sound Is the Wind explores solitude and communion, opening strange new worlds where characters try to make their way toward love.
"These stories―these bewitching portraits of a melancholy dystopia―are spellbinding... . With this rich collection, Sotolongo joins the ranks of Margaret Atwood and Cristina Rivera Garza, and other masters of illusion." ―Timothy Schaffert, author of The Perfume Thief and The Titanic Survivors Book Club
"In this gorgeous debut, Pascha Sotolongo lyrically blends the fantastical with stories of family, love, and longing. Within these pages are vampires, ghosts, invisible daughters, and near apocalypses, and just as readily, the stories of our secrets, our joys, our fears, and our dreams. A beautiful and spellbinding collection." ―Alexander Weinstein, author of Universal Love and Children of the New World
"Captivating... . Pascha Sotolongo has written a book that's simply exceptional, filled with startling, surreal, and utterly spectacular stories that demand to be savored." ―Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, author of Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare
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Pascha Sotolongo's short fiction has been published in outlets including Narrative, American Short Fiction, Ninth Letter, and Pleiades. She teaches English and creative writing on the Great Plains.
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