it doesn’t matter how short a short story is, it must conta… - Ana María Shua

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it doesn’t matter how short a short story is, it must contain a happening in time that alters the state of things. This is the only way to tell a story.

Ana María Shua

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Ana María Shua (born April 22, 1951) is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in microfiction.

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Alternative Names: Ana Maria Shua

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I love to play with words and meanings and to make somersaults with them. In the encounter with my fictions, I would like my readers to experience more than just reflection. I would hope they trigger in the readers their own capacity to imagine and play with all the possibilities of language.

A good translation must bring to the reader not only the meaning of the text, but also to its music —its rhythms.

I try to catch pieces from the chaos of reality and shape them in the small and fake and necessary cosmos of fiction.

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