{"product_id":"a-sunny-place-for-shady-mariana-enriquez-9780593733271","title":"A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST - A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by \"Buenos Aires's sorceress of horror\" (Samanta Schweblin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Entertaining, political and exquisitely gruesome, these stories summon terror against the backdrop of everyday horrors. . . . A queen of horror delivers more delightfully twisted stories.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As vivid and essential as Kafka's tales.\"--\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTIME, \u003c\/i\u003eTHE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY, \u003c\/i\u003e CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, \u003ci\u003eTHE TELEGRAPH, ELECTRIC LIT, PASTE, LATINA MEDIA \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyrical 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, \u003ci\u003eA Sunny Place for Shady People\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariana Enriquez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593733274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593733271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.53d","brand":"Mariana Enriquez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962347737343,"sku":"9780593733271","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ede2f0a-2232-42a4-9bb0-f7409cebceec.jpg?v=1750650084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sunny-place-for-shady-mariana-enriquez-9780593733271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}