"In Marina Perezagua's "Little Boy," we follow a young woman who has traveled to Japan with her boyfriend to rediscover her Japanese heritage. Along the way, she meets H., an elderly woman and survivor of the Hiroshima bomb who founds a support group for mothers who lost children in the explosion. But among the group, H. remains reticent about her own story and loss. Through her relationship with the narrator, H.'s true story surfaces, slowly, 'She had spoken with her most eloquent organ: her silence.' In the negative spaces around their conversations, the narrator realizes the shortcomings of any language in communication, and the mutability of things we consider solid parts of our identity: our bodies." - Lucie Shelly About the Author: Marina Perezagua is a writer and an open water swimmer. She was born in Seville, Spain. She graduated in Art History from the University of Seville. She obtained her PhD in philology in the United States and later on she became a taught language, literature, history and Latin American cinema at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Afterwards she worked for two years at the Instituto Cervantes de Lyon. Today she lives in New York and works as a teacher at New York University. She is the author of two short story collections, Criaturas Abisales and Leche, and the novel Yoro. About the Translator: Jennifer Early is a freelance translator. She lives and works in London, England, translating contemporary Spanish fiction. She holds a Masters of Philosophy in European Literature and Culture from the University of Cambridge, focusing on the erotics of reading and revolutionary literature. About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.