Little Eyes

A visionary novel about our interconnected world, about the collision of horror and humanity, from the Man Booker-shortlisted master of the spine-tingling tale

'She has a gift for fiction that is pure, original, revelatory.' El País

A New York Times 'Book to Watch Out for in May'

They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Sierra Leone, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Indiana.

They're not pets, nor ghosts, nor robots. They're real people, but how can a person living in Berlin walk freely through the living room of someone in Sydney? How can someone in Bangkok have breakfast with your children in Buenos Aires, without you knowing? Especially when these people are completely anonymous, unknown, untraceable.

The characters in Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, reveal the beauty of connection between far-flung souls – but they also expose the ugly truth of our increasingly linked world. Trusting strangers can lead to unexpected love, playful encounters and marvellous adventures, but what if it can also pave the way for unimaginable terror? Schweblin has created a dark and complex world that is both familiar but also strangely unsettling, because it's our present and we're living it – we just don't know it yet.

About the Author

Samanta Schweblin is the author of the novel, Fever Dream, a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and the collection A Mouthful of Birds, longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. She was chosen as one of the twenty-two best writers in Spanish under the age of thirty-five by Granta. She has won numerous prestigious awards throughout the world, and in English her work has appeared in The New Yorker and Harper's. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages. Originally from Buenos Aires, she lives in Berlin.