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The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed - Stories

by Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell
The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed - Stories - Thryft
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Dark, politically charged stories of horror.

This book is not for the faint of heart, but for those who appreciate a unique blend of horror and social commentary. Mariana Enriquez's stories are haunting and visceral, tackling taboo topics with brave honesty. As Lauren Groff puts it, they are "smoky, carnal, and dazzling." If you are willing to embrace the darkness, you will be rewarded with stories that penetrate the soul and stay with you long after you have finished reading.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2021)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2021)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • Ladies of Horror Fiction Award Nominee for Collection (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed - Stories

by Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell
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ISBN: 9780593134078
Authors: Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell
Publisher: Hogarth
Date of Publication: 2021-01-12
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Horror, Fantasy
Related Topics: Fantasy, Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 38257 readers)

Description

Following the "propulsive and mesmerizing" ( New York Times Book Review ) Things We Lost in the Fire comes a new collection of singularly unsettling stories, by an Argentine author who has earned comparisons to Shirley Jackson and Jorge Luis Borges. Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre: populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and horror. The stories in her next collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the unspoken -- fetish, illness, the female body, the darkness of human history -- with unsettling urgency. A woman is sexually obsessed with the human heart; a lost, rotting baby crawls out of a backyard and into a bedroom; a pair of teenage girls can't let go of their idol; an entire neighborhood is cursed to death by a question of morality they fail to answer correctly.Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with resounding tenderness towards those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, this new collection from one of Argentina's most exciting writers finds Enriquez at her most sophisticated, and most chilling.
 

Dark, politically charged stories of horror.

This book is not for the faint of heart, but for those who appreciate a unique blend of horror and social commentary. Mariana Enriquez's stories are haunting and visceral, tackling taboo topics with brave honesty. As Lauren Groff puts it, they are "smoky, carnal, and dazzling." If you are willing to embrace the darkness, you will be rewarded with stories that penetrate the soul and stay with you long after you have finished reading.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2021)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Fiction (2021)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • Ladies of Horror Fiction Award Nominee for Collection (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.