Isbn: 9780593733271 - a Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories (39 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The diabolical collection of short stories that inspired the Netflix series My Sad Dead, directed by Pablo Larrain.In these twelve spellbinding short stories, including My Sad Dead and the other stories behind the Netflix series, achingly human characters encounter ghosts, goblins, and the macabre as they try to understand themselvesby Buenos Airess sorceress of horror (Samanta Schweblin, The New York Times) WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER! BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST! Entertaining, political and exquisitely gruesome, these stories summon terror against the backdrop of everyday horrors. . . . A queen of horror delivers more delightfully twisted stories.Los Angeles TimesAs vivid and essential as Kafkas tales.Minneapolis Star-TribuneNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE IGNYTE AWARD FINALIST LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE TELEGRAPH, ELECTRIC LIT, PASTE, LATINA MEDIAOn the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessedall 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 water tank on the roof, a riverbank populated by birds that used to be womenthese 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, Enriquezs stories never fail to enthrall, entertain, and leave us shaken. Translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, A Sunny Place for Shady People showcases Enriquezs unique blend of the literary and the horrific, and underscores why Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, calls her the most exciting discovery Ive made in fiction for some time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. 2nd Printing. 257 pp. Duodecimo [20 cm]. Yellow pictorial wraps. "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 water tank 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, A Sunny Place for Shady People showcases Enriquez's unique blend of the literary and the horrific, and underscores why Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, calls her 'the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time.'"-from back wrap.…

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