Enríquez Mariana (Book order)

Enríquez Mariana Book order

Mariana Enriquez is an Argentine journalist and writer whose works often delve into the dark and unsettling aspects of human existence. Her style is characterized by a penetrating gaze into contemporary society and its hidden horrors. Through her stories, she explores the boundaries between reality and the supernatural, creating an atmosphere of suspense and psychological terror. Her writing draws readers into the darker corners of the mind, revealing deeply disturbing truths about human nature.

Things We Lost in the Fire

224 pages
8 hours of reading

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Electric, disturbing, and exhilarating, the stories of Things We Lost in the Fire explore multiple dimensions of life and death in contemporary Argentina. Each haunting tale simmers with the nation's troubled history, but among the abandoned houses, black magic, superstitions, lost loves, and regrets, there is also friendship, compassion, and humor. In these stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortázar, three young friends distract themselves with drugs and pain in the midst a government-enforced blackout; a girl with nothing to lose steps into an abandoned house and never comes back out; to protest a viral form of domestic violence, a group of women set themselves on fire. Translated by the National Book Award-winning Megan McDowell, these "slim but phenomenal" (Vanity Fair) stories explore what happens when our darkest desires are left to roam unchecked and show why Mariana Enriquez has become one of the most celebrated new voices in global literature.[Bokinfo]