Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories

Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories

In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling author Mariana Enriquez brings contemporary Argentina to vibrant life as a place where shocking inequality, violence, and corruption are the law of the land, while military dictatorship and legions of desaparecidos loom large in the collective memory. In these stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio CortÃ¡zar, 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.
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But alongside the black magic and disturbing disappearances, these stories are fueled by compassion for the frightened and the lost, ultimately bringing these charactersâ€”mothers and daughters, husbands and wivesâ€”into a surprisingly familiar reality. Written in hypnotic prose that gives grace to the grotesque, Things We Lost in the Fire is a powerful exploration of what happens when our darkest desires are left to roam unchecked, and signals the arrival of an astonishing and necessary voice in contemporary fiction.
Country USA
Brand Hogarth
Manufacturer Hogarth
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 045149511X-localization
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-02-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451495112

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