by Lorrie Moore · Salamandra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478885220
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«Pájaros de América» is Lorrie Moore's collection of twelve stories, published in hardback in 2000 (288 pages, in Spanish).
The stories portray lonely men and women of contemporary North America, often women nearing forty who face infidelities, abandonments, or illnesses. With black humour and a mordant gaze, Moore turns the everyday into small tragedies and portrays characters who feel they do not fit into the American dream.
The work was originally published in 1998 as Birds of America: Stories; it received the Irish Times International Fiction Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Readers of literary fiction and contemporary short stories, with an interest in female characters and bittersweet humour; it often appears in book clubs.
Lorrie Moore is an American writer, critic, and essayist. She is best known for her short stories, some of which have won major awards. Since 1984, she has also taught creative writing.
