El buen mal by Samanta Schweblin
Instituto Cervantes
Step into the unsettling beauty of El buen mal, the latest short-story collection by acclaimed Argentine author Samanta Schweblin, known for her sharp psychological tension and dreamlike realism (Fever Dream, Mouthful of Birds).
Across six haunting stories, Schweblin invites us into a world where the ordinary slips into the strange: a woman resurfaces from a lake after a desperate act, a child’s accident unravels a family, an elderly home hides its own quiet chaos. Each story probes the edges of guilt, grief, and the fragile balance between care and harm, a perfect invitation to reflect together on what “good” and “evil” really mean in everyday life.
Join fellow readers for a lively discussion (in Spanish, English speakers welcome!) and bring your thoughts on what makes Schweblin’s worlds so eerily familiar.
