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Things we lost in the fire : stories / Mariana Enriquez ; translated by Megan McDowell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: London ; New York : Hogarth, [2017]Edition: First United States editionDescription: 202 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780451495112
  • 045149511X
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections. English
Related works:
  • Container of (expression): Enriquez, Mariana. Cosas que perdimos en el fuego. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The dirty kid -- The inn -- The intoxicated years -- Adela's house -- An invocation of the big-eared runt Spiderweb -- End of term -- No flesh over our bones -- The neighbor's courtyard -- Under the black water -- Green red orange Things we lost in the fire..
Summary: "A haunting collection of short stories all set in Argentina"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction ENRIQUEZ MARIANA Available 33111010555478
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The "propulsive and mesmerizing" ( The New York Times Book Review ) story collection by the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

The short stories of Mariana Enriquez are:
"The most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time." --Kazuo Ishiguro
"Phenomenal." -- Vanity Fair
"Violent and cool, told in voices so lucid they feel spoken." -- The Boston Globe

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Boston Globe, Paste, Words Without Borders, Grub Street, Remezcla, Entropy

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.

Previously published in Spanish as Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego. First edition. Narrativas hispánicas ; 559. Barcelona : Editorial Anagrama, 2016.

The dirty kid -- The inn -- The intoxicated years -- Adela's house -- An invocation of the big-eared runt Spiderweb -- End of term -- No flesh over our bones -- The neighbor's courtyard -- Under the black water -- Green red orange Things we lost in the fire..

"A haunting collection of short stories all set in Argentina"-- Provided by publisher.

Translated from the Spanish.

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