A sunny place for shady people : stories / Mariana Enriquez ; translated by Megan McDowell.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593733257
- ISBN: 0593733258
- Physical Description: xi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: London ; Hogarth, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translated from the Spanish. "Originally published in Spain as Un lugar soleado para gente sombrÃa by by Anagrama in Barcelona, Spain in 2024."--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | My sad dead -- A sunny place for shady people -- Face of disgrace -- Julie -- Night birds -- Metamorphosis -- Hyena hymns -- Different colors made of tears -- The suffering woman -- The refrigerator cemetery -- A local artist -- Black eyes. |
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Subject: | Enriquez, Mariana > Translations into English. Women > Fiction. Spirits > Fiction. Femmes > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Esprits > Romans, nouvelles, etc. |
Genre: | short stories. Horror fiction. Short stories. Nouvelles. |
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