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Our Share of Night

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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez delves into the dark journey of a father and his son as they navigate a world entangled with eerie supernatural elements. It explores themes of love, protection, and the sinister legacies that haunt them. This gripping tale is sure to captivate readers of general fiction with its blend of emotional depth and suspense.
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Our Share of Night

A damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve - from cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

A damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve - from cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

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His father could find what was lost. His father knew when someone was going to die. His father had talked to him about the dead who rode in on the wind. The dead travel fast.

Gaspar is six years old when the Order first come for him.

For years, they have exploited his father's ability to commune with the dead and the demonic, presiding over macabre rituals where the unwanted and the disappeared are tortured and executed, sacrificed to the Darkness. Now they want a successor.

Nothing will stop the Order, nothing is beyond them. Surrounded by horrors, can Gaspar break free?

Spanning the brutal decades of Argentina's military dictatorship and its aftermath, Our Share of Night is a haunting, thrilling novel of broken families, cursed inheritances, and the sacrifices a father will make to help his son escape his destiny.

From cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

"...one of the best novels of the 21st century" - Paul Tremblay

"...a magnificent accomplishment and a genuine work of power." - Alan Moore

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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez is highly praised as a dazzling and masterful work of supernatural horror. Reviews highlight its brilliant storytelling, blending of realism and magic, and powerful depiction of Argentina's historical horrors. This novel is seen as a significant literary achievement, uniquely terrifying and deeply compelling.

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ISBN: 9781783788224

Publisher: Granta Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Granta Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by Megan McDowell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 44.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 503g

Pages: 736

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About the Author

Mariana Enriquez is an award-winning Argentine novelist and journalist, whose work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the author of Things We Lost in the Fire and The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, which was shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. Our Share of Night was awarded the prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela.

Megan McDowell has translated Alejandro Zambra and Samanta Schweblin, among other writers. Her work has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

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