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A sunny place for shady people : stories
Published 2024 by Hogarth, London ; New York
ISBN 9780593733257
Bib Id 1454643
Edition First edition.
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cam a22 8i 4500
LCCN
2024011717
ISBN
9780593733257 acid-free paper) $28.00
0593733258
Language
eng
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FIC Enriquez
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Uniform Title
Lugar soleado para gente sombría. English
Title
A sunny place for shady people : stories
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2024 by Hogarth, London ; New York :
Description
pages cm
Note
"Originally published in Spain as Un lugar soleado para gente sombría by by Anagrama in Barcelona, Spain in 2024."--Title page verso.
Summary
"On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed-all those birds were once women. Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez. In twelve spellbinding new stories, Enriquez writes about ordinary people, especially women, whose lives turn inside out when they encounter terror, the surreal, and the supernatural. A neighborhood nuisanced by ghosts, a family whose faces melt away, a faded hotel haunted by a girl who dissolved in the watertank on the roof, a riverbank populated by birds that used to be women-these and other tales illuminate the shadows of contemporary life, where the line between good and evil no longer exists. Lyrical and hypnotic, heart-stopping and deeply moving, Enriquez's stories never fail to enthrall, entertain, and leave us shaken. Translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, Enriquez's latest collection showcases her unique blend of the literary and the horrific, and show why Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, calls her, "the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time.""--
Genre/Form
Short stories
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