![]() ![]() And although a user can choose to be a dweller, they have no control over where they end up, or who becomes their ‘keeper’. What you cannot choose is who the ‘dweller’ is. You can choose your kentuki that is to say, you can decide whether it takes the shape of a bunny, or a dragon, or a crow. Each connection only has one life, so if the kentuki is not charged, or somehow gets destroyed, it’s effectively dead. Housed within each kentuki is a connection to a user somewhere in the world, who controls its movement and can see and hear everything that goes on around it. These cute, robotic ‘pets’ can move independently and require regular charging. Little Eyes follows users of the latest must-have gadgets, kentukis. Taking things a step further from the current reality, where many of us own a smart device that encroaches on our privacy to some extent, Schweblin imagines the consequences of purposely inviting a stranger into your life through technology. ![]() Samanta Schweblin’s latest novel Little Eyes (translated by Megan McDowell), which was longlisted for the 2020 Man Booker International Prize, reflects on these questions and what their effects would be. Would you act differently if you knew you were being watched? Would you take the chance to be a voyeur in someone else’s life? Think about what you do when you’re alone at home. ![]()
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