{"product_id":"a-sunny-place-for-shady-people-stories-paperback","title":"A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMariana Enriquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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\u003eWORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALIST - IGNYTE AWARD FINALIST - LONGLISTED 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariana Enriquez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in Buenos Aires. In English, she has published the novel \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e and two story collections, \u003ci\u003eThings We Lost in the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a finalist for the International Booker Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy \u0026amp; Speculative Fiction, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize in Fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many of the most important Latin American writers working today. Her translations have won numerous prizes, including the National Book Award, and have been nominated for the International Booker Prize four times. She is from Richmond, Kentucky, and lives in Santiago, Chile.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987655491885,"sku":"9780593733271","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/GC7BG7JXwe9780593733271.webp?v=1776183278","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-sunny-place-for-shady-people-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}