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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.""-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Enriquez, Mariana , author

Contributors:

McDowell, Megan , translator

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Spanish

Main Work:

Lugar soleado para gente sombría [by Enriquez, M.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Sunny place for shady people [by Enriquez, M.] (First edition; London ; New York : Hogarth, 2024 — ISBN 9780593733264; LCCN 2024011718)

Related Series:

McNaughton lease books

Subjects:

Enriquez, Mariana — Translations into English

Short stories, Spanish — Translations into English

Enriquez, Mariana

Short stories, Spanish

Genres:

Horror fiction

Translations

General Notes:

"Originally published in Spain as Un lugar soleado para gente sombría by by Anagrama in Barcelona, Spain in 2024."--Title page verso.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

PQ7798.15.N75 L8413 2024

ISBNs:

9780593733257 (hardcover, acid-free paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2024011717

OCLC Numbers:

1415749183

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: BRD2024011717