{"product_id":"somebody-is-walking-on-your-grave-my-cemetery-journeys-hardcover","title":"Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys - Hardcover","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\u003eAn enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world--part travelogue, part memoir, part \"excursions through death,\" by the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night \u003c\/i\u003eand \"queen of horror\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Not a travelogue so much as a grave-a-logue, \u003ci\u003eSomebody is Walking on Your Grave\u003c\/i\u003e is an exuberant, witty wander among the dead. You could not have a better friend to take you by the hand and lead you for a long traipse among tilting tombstones, dank crypts, and chilling history.\"--Joe Hill \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enriquez knows cemeteries are the repositories of life's pain and beauty. I felt more alive as I read.\"--Caitlin Doughty, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSmoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A perfect book for almost anyone.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An immersive testament to [Enriquez's] genius.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An eccentric and enlightening peek into how memorialization happens across the world.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fascinating . . . Enriquez hides a celebration of life in a book about death.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Top 10 New Releases of the Fall - A Most Anticipated Book of the Fall: \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Literary Hub, Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Book Riot, Publishers Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMariana Enriquez--called by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e a \"sorceress of horror\"--has been fascinated by the haunting beauty of cemeteries since she was a teenager. She has visited them frequently, a goth flaneur taking notes on her aesthetic obsession as she walks among the headstones, \"where dying seems much more interesting than being alive.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the body of a friend's mother who was disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship was found in a common grave, Enriquez began to examine more deeply the complex meanings of cemeteries and where our bodies come to rest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this rich book of essays--\"excursions through death,\" she calls them--Enriquez travels through North and South America, Europe and Australia, visiting Paris's catacombs, Prague's Old Jewish Cemetery, New Orleans's aboveground mausoleums, Buenos Aires's opulent Recoleta, and more. Enriquez investigates each cemetery's history and architecture, its saints and ghosts, its caretakers and visitors, and, of course, its dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving personal stories with reportage, interviews, myths, hauntology, and more, \u003ci\u003eSomebody Is Walking on Your Grave\u003c\/i\u003e is memoir channeled through Enriquez's passion for cemeteries, revealing as much about her own life and unique sensibility as the graveyards and tombstones she tours. Fascinating, spooky, and unlike anything else, Enriquez's first work of nonfiction, translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, is as original and memorable as the stories and novels for which she's become so beloved and admired.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariana Enriquez\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer based in Buenos Aires. She has published in English the novel \u003ci\u003eOur Share of Night\u003c\/i\u003e and three story collections, \u003ci\u003eA Sunny Place for Shady People, Things We Lost in the Fire, \u003c\/i\u003eand \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\u003ehas 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 Barcelona, Spain.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987471532333,"sku":"9780593733516","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/iEb3DYAy-j9780593733516.webp?v=1776178908","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/somebody-is-walking-on-your-grave-my-cemetery-journeys-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}