![]() As Seini grows isolated from her own family and fatigued from her increased responsibilities, the household’s uneasy balance is threatened. Daniel Mason’s “The Wolves of Circassia” follows an older couple and their care worker, Seini, who moves in with them during the lockdown, along with the couple’s son and grandson. Later, when the family’s in lockdown, the couple reconsiders and discusses sharing their world of television and movies with their son. ![]() In the opener, “Screen Time” by Alejandro Zambra, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, the parents of a two-year-old boy resolve to keep his early childhood free of screens. This impressive anthology, the first in the series to include work in translation, is a showcase for Luiselli’s keen eye for literary quality. ![]()
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