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A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enriquez's A Sunny Place for Shady People is her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, the occult and the macabre, the stories explore love, womanhood, LGBTQ counterculture, parenthood and Argentina's brutal past.
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Marion@mariorugu
3 stars
Jan 5, 2025

Argentina gothic fiction, strong start but felt repetitive at the end. I think short story collections might not be for me

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LIMEKI @livingdeadpigeon9
2.5 stars
Oct 5, 2024

Me encanta cómo escribe, es muy bonito a pesar de que algunos relatos eran duros. Pero siento que algunos están a medias, que más que un final abierto, se corta a mitad.

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Dani@lafemme
3 stars
Apr 19, 2024

En este volumen de relatos, Mariana nos sumerge en leyendas urbanas, fantasmas, deidades paganas y rituales logrando ejecutar un libro multiprismático y sensorial. Destaca por la construcción de personajes legendarios, situados en otras dimensiones o que desconocen su propia muerte. El cuerpo también está presente, especialmente el femenino, que se descompone, enferma, pudre, y se despoja de su piel. Si bien en esta entrega, Enríquez dio a luz a unos cuentos que me erizaron la piel y me hacían querer aventar el libro, me parecen menos terroríficos comparados con sus entregas anteriores de cuentos. No obstante, se trata de una colección de historias macabras que disfruté de principio a fin.

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Aileen Ruiz @aileen369
4 stars
Apr 18, 2025
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Tija@itstija
4 stars
Mar 4, 2025
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maj zobec@zmajtolovaj
4 stars
Jan 31, 2025
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Katherin @katshelf
3 stars
Nov 6, 2024
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Rocío de la Hera@rdlhbooks
3 stars
Jul 25, 2024

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