A Sunny Place for Shady People
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2024
Summary
Whispers in the Sun: Stories of Shadows and Light
Mariana Enriquez returns with A Sunny Place for Shady People, her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. These stories feature achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, the occult, and the macabre. Explore love, womanhood, LGBTQ counterculture, parenthood, and Argentina’s brutal past in this haunting collection.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803511238 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1803511230 |
| Author: | Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Imprint: | Granta Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 284g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 217mm x 78mm |
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Critics Review
A Sunny Place for Shady People reveals as much about ourselves as it does our ineffably strange, horrific world… A collection of brilliant nightmares from one of our best – Paul Tremblay One of Latin America’s most exciting authors – Silvia Moreno-Garcia Enriquez’s short stories had already made me a fan for life – Kelly Link In Enriquez’s fiction, blood isn’t spattered off screen. It’s splurged all over the picture – Adam Thirlwell A mesmerising writer who demands to be read… Her fiction hits with the force of a freight train – Dave Eggers
About The Author
Mariana Enriquez
MARIANA ENRIQUEZ is an award-winning Argentine novelist and journalist, whose work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the author of Things We Lost in the Fire, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, which was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, and Our Share of Night, which was awarded the prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela.
MEGAN MCDOWELL has translated Alejandro Zambra and Samanta Schweblin, among other writers. Her work has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
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