Enriquez, Mariana - A Sunny Place for Shady People

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Author: Mariana Enriquez

Genre: Adult, Horror, Short Stories

Pages: 257

Publisher: Granta Books

Release Date: January 1, 2025

Format: Paperback

Synopsis:

A woman wakes with partial facial paralysis, and soon realizes that her entire face is slowly disappearing. A girl tries on a vintage dress taken from a palace with a dark history, only for it to leave her with horrible wounds. A cult forms around a young woman who was found drowned in the water tank of a faded hotel.

In her first story collection since the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, Mariana Enriquez invites us to face the horror of everyday atrocities, intergenerational trauma and feeling painfully uncomfortable in one's own skin.

LGBT Themes:

• Sapphic

Relevant Tags:

Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Contemporary, Adult, Magical Realism, Spanish Literature, Sapphic, Lesbian, Queer, Gay