Things We Lost in the Fire (story collection)
Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories (Spanish: Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego) is a short story collection by Mariana Enriquez. Originally published in Spanish, it was translated into English by Megan McDowell in 2017.[1]
| Author | Mariana Enriquez |
|---|---|
| Original title | Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego |
| Translator | Megan McDowell |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Short Stories |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
Publication date | 2016 |
Published in English | 2017 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 978-0451495112 |
"The Intoxicated Years" was published in Granta. [2] "Spiderweb" appeared in The New Yorker.[3]
Contents
| Story |
|---|
| "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" |
Literary significance and reception
Reviews of the collection highlighted Enriquez's dark and haunting style. A review in The Guardian called the collection "gruesome, violent, upsetting – and bright with brilliance."[4] Jennifer Szalai, writing in The New York Times, wrote "[Enriquez] is after a truth more profound, and more disturbing, than whatever the strict dictates of realism will allow."[5]
In a review in Vanity Fair, Sloane Crosley was impressed by Enriquez's skill at using supernatural stories to explore Argentina's political turmoil: "In her hands, the country’s inequality, beauty, and corruption tangle together to become a manifestation of our own darkest thoughts and fears."[6]
References
- "Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- "The Intoxicated Years". Granta Magazine. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Enriquez, Mariana (2016-12-12). "Spiderweb". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Self, John (2018-11-02). "Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez review – gruesome short stories". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Szalai, Jennifer (2017-03-03). "Argentine Fiction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Nast, Condé. "Brooding Books for the Dark Days of Winter". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-08-01.