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Sep 17, 2024 | ISBN 9780593947852 | 519 Minutes

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“Horror that illuminates humanity’s true monsters . . . Enriquez indicts our worst offensives in twelve haunting new stories.”The New York Times Book Review

“One hell of a read . . . The collection is poignant, seething, and hypnotic—Megan McDowell’s translation hits such elevated emotional registers that the prose sings on the page.”Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Enriquez is Buenos Aires’s sorceress of horror.”The New York Times

“Considered by many to be a Nobel contender, Enriquez is surely on a path to Stockholm.”—Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Enriquez demonstrates yet again why she’s an undisputed master of short horror.”Vulture

“Across 12 unnerving tales, which have been translated by Megan McDowell, the bestselling Argentine author and journalist writes of perimenopausal body horror, Kafkaesque transformations, and a town overrun by ghosts.”Time

A Sunny Place for Shady People delivers another striking performance. . . . mesmerizing.”Los Angeles Times
 
“Enriquez’s writing is mesmerizing and beautiful, yet it also worms its way inside of you and sets the seeds for a haunting that you will be thinking about for long after you’ve finished reading . . . Another can’t-miss Halloween-time read.”Chicago Review of Books

“[Enriquez] established herself as one of the most compelling and important voices in modern literary horror. Now . . . she’s back with a collection of 12 stories showcasing her singular approach to dark tales.”—Paste Magazine

“Enriquez has made a name for herself blending supernatural horrors with the concrete horrors of everyday life in Argentina. This newest one is a collection of shorts—like a pillowcase full of trick-or-treat candies.”—NPR

A Sunny Place for Shady People reveals as much about ourselves as it does our ineffably strange, horrific world. Enriquez’s characters’ desperate, longing struggle for meaning and hope has never been so poignant and beautiful, nor so damned chilling. A collection of brilliant nightmares from one of our best.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Cabin at the End of the World
 
“When you gaze into the abyss, Mariana Enriquez looks up to you from those depths, grins to herself, and then gives her attention back to the next story she’s pulling into the world.”—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of My Heart Is a Chainsaw

“Nobody does horror quite like Enriquez, whose stories linger at the edges of your consciousness long after they’ve ended—perhaps because of how she always keeps her focus on the human heart of her tales.”—Literary Hub

“Vivid and unnerving, these stories confirm Enriquez as one of Latin America’s most original imaginations.”—The Bookseller, Editor’s Choice

“A masterful collection . . . these provocative tales are first-rate literary horror.”Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Enriquez’s darkly humorous world view throbs throughout these weird and riveting tales, exerting the morbid fascination of a train wreck. . . . [These stories] are creepy enough to bring a shiver to every reader.”Booklist, starred review

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