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The Seamstress and the Wind is a deliciously laugh-out-loud-funny novel. A seamstress who is sewing a wedding dress for the pregnant local art teacher fears that her son, while playing in a big semitruck, has been accidentally kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. Completely unhinged, she calls a local taxi to follow the semi in hot pursuit. When her husband finds out what's happened, he takes off after wife and child. They race not only to t...

In a small town in Argentina, a seamstress is sewing a wedding dress when she suddenly fears her son has been kidnapped and taken to Patagonia. She takes up chase in a taxi, and her husband takes off after her. Aira is a Man Booker International finalist, and is considered to be amongst the most important and influential writers in Latin America today.