Things We Lost in the Fire: Mariana Enriquez

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Nowhere is this explored so deeply as in the title narrative, Things We Lost in the Fire, the final story in the collection. Henry Prizes, and have been nominated for the International Booker Prize (four times) and the Kirkus Prize. Los relatos que nos trae Mariana Enríquez están poblados de fantasmas, asesinos, esqueletos, casas encantadas, magia negra, supersticiones, etc.

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However, the greatest social commentary I feel is directed at the horrors of the Dirty War, and how the ghosts of that time still haunt the people of Argentina.

Come Join Us by the Fire Season 2 is the second installment of Nightfire's audio horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites.

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Chasing the truth behind this strange story, Marina goes to Villa Moreno herself, finding it oddly silent and watchful.I say "eye-opening" because I never really took time to feel how masculine these old stories are until I read Enriquez's stories.

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In An Invocation of the Big-Eared Runt, a murder-tour guide develops an obsession with a serial child-killer, and his attitude towards his wife and the envy he feels towards his new baby leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. Each haunting tale simmers with the nation's troubled history, but among the abandoned houses, black magic, superstitions, lost loves and regrets, there is also friendship, compassion, and humor. Stories like The Intoxicated Years, End of Term, and Green Red Orange explore the particular horror of the period of ‘coming-of-age’, a time that is often romanticised in popular media. Liminal spaces create a pervasive sense of unease, and while characters confront the supernatural and the monstrous, there is also an insidious, creeping anxiety imposed on the reader.Disappearing in the context of the political history of Argentina is also integral to Enriquez’s particular Gothic. My few original criticisms still stand: some stories end prematurely and/or glibly, and others (the title story in particular) are centred on rather unwieldy concepts. Similar to 'The Inn', where the source of dread is emblematic of history but also stands for Florencia's fear of her sexuality, here the figure of the boy seems like a physical manifestation of Paula's depression. The powerless gain power through becoming feared, through real or supernatural means, which encourages compassion towards the demented and depraved- a new, disorienting allegiance. No soy una gran lectora de relatos, a pesar de que en los últimos tiempos he aprendido a apreciarlos y he aceptado que, quizás, el adjetivo “irregular” sirva para definir la mayoría de las colecciones.

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There’s a dark eerie thread running throughout the collection, and while it’s usually bubbling under the surface, it occasionally bursts out into plain view. During the Dirty War of the 1970s and 1980s, it is estimated that between 9,000 and 30,000 people were ‘disappeared’ as part of the military dictatorship’s attempt to rid themselves of political dissidents.Things We Lost in the Fire - After a rash of domestic violence, women begin setting themselves on fire. There are two very different tales of haunted houses in “The Inn,” in which a tourist hotel built on a former police barracks contains forces unknown; and “Adela’s House,” in which the title character steps through a door in an abandoned house—and is never seen again. Tales of self-mutilation, incessant nightmares of being chased by amputated legs and arms, a woman's obsession with a toothless human skull. By telegraphing the murders, Tartt wants us to be continually horrified at these kids—while inviting us to semi-enjoy their manneristic fetishes and refined tastes. The poisoned river into which two young men were thrown by police officers – this aspect inspired by a real case of police violence – bloats and fizzes with evil, and once again, the protagonist’s proximity to real horror is melded with her encountering the supernatural.