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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories

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“The beautiful, horrible world of Mariana Enriquez, as glimpsed in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, with its disturbed adolescents, ghosts, decaying ghouls, the sad and angry homeless of modern Argentina, is the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time.”—Kazuo Ishiguro, The Guardian

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • FINALIST: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ray Bradbury Prize, Kirkus Prize • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, New York Public Library, Electric Lit, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews

Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre. Populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and horror. The stories in her new collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the unspoken—fetish, illness, the female body, the darkness of human history—with bracing urgency. A woman is sexually obsessed with the human heart; a lost, rotting baby crawls out of a backyard and into a bedroom; a pair of teenage girls can’t let go of their idol; an entire neighborhood is cursed to death when it fails to respond correctly to a moral dilemma.
 
Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with a resounding tenderness toward those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is Mariana Enriquez at her most sophisticated, and most chilling.

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Lauren Groff says, “Smoky, carnal, and dazzling.”Lauren Groff says, “Smoky, carnal, and dazzling.”

Publishers Weekly says, “Adventurous readers will be rewarded in these trips into the macabre.”Publishers Weekly says, “Adventurous readers will be rewarded in these trips into the macabre.”

Daisy Johnson says, “I loved these twisted tales, these lustful whispers in the dark.”Daisy Johnson says, “I loved these twisted tales, these lustful whispers in the dark.”

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hogarth (February 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593134095
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593134092
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.24 x 0.58 x 7.93 inches

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Original price was: $17.00.Current price is: $12.69.

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