The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Stories

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Megan McDowell, Mariana Enriquez
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 208pg
3 Feb 2022 UK
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9781783788217
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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 new 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 bracing 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 when it fails to respond correctly to a moral dilemma. Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with a resounding tenderness toward those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is Mariana Enriquez at her most sophisticated, and most chilling.
"After you' ve lived in Mariana Enriquez' s marvelous brain for the time it takes to read The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, the known world feels ratcheted a few degrees off-center. Enriquez' s stories are smoky, carnal, and dazzling. " --Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies "Rotting little ghosts, heartbeat fetishes, curses and witches and meat: Each of these stories is a luscious, bewitching nightmare. Each one builds up a steady, thrilling dread--until the final lines, when the true horror is revealed. I adore this book. " --Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers "I loved these twisted tales, these lustful whispers in the dark. There is some serious power in this writing. " --Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
Mariana Enriquez is a writer and editor based in Buenos Aires, where she contributes to a number of newspapers and literary journals, both fiction and nonfiction.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781783788217
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 151g
Pages: 208

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