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“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)
ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed—“the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time” (Kazuo Ishiguro).
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Book Riot, PopSugar, The New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Polygon, Tordotcom, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, Commonweal, CrimeReads
“A magnificent accomplishment.”—Alan Moore, author of Watchmen
“A masterpiece of literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“One of Latin America’s most exciting authors.”—Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A young father and son set out on a road trip, devastated by the death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travel to her ancestral home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed: a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality.
For Gaspar, the son, this maniacal cult is his destiny. As the Order tries to pull him into their evil, he and his father take flight, attempting to outrun a powerful clan that will do anything to ensure its own survival. But how far will Gaspar’s father go to protect his child? And can anyone escape their fate?
Moving back and forth in time, from London in the swinging 1960s to the brutal years of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its turbulent aftermath, Our Share of Night is a novel like no other: a family story, a ghost story, a story of the occult and the supernatural, a book about the complexities of love and longing with queer subplots and themes. This is the masterwork of one of Latin America’s most original novelists, “a mesmerizing writer,” says Dave Eggers, “who demands to be read.”
Genre: Horror
“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)
ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed—“the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time” (Kazuo Ishiguro).
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Book Riot, PopSugar, The New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Polygon, Tordotcom, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, Commonweal, CrimeReads
“A magnificent accomplishment.”—Alan Moore, author of Watchmen
“A masterpiece of literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“One of Latin America’s most exciting authors.”—Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A young father and son set out on a road trip, devastated by the death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travel to her ancestral home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed: a family called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of immortality.
For Gaspar, the son, this maniacal cult is his destiny. As the Order tries to pull him into their evil, he and his father take flight, attempting to outrun a powerful clan that will do anything to ensure its own survival. But how far will Gaspar’s father go to protect his child? And can anyone escape their fate?
Moving back and forth in time, from London in the swinging 1960s to the brutal years of Argentina’s military dictatorship and its turbulent aftermath, Our Share of Night is a novel like no other: a family story, a ghost story, a story of the occult and the supernatural, a book about the complexities of love and longing with queer subplots and themes. This is the masterwork of one of Latin America’s most original novelists, “a mesmerizing writer,” says Dave Eggers, “who demands to be read.”
Genre: Horror
Praise for this book
"I was positively bewitched by Our Share of Night. Towering, electric, wild - this novel is a masterpiece and a true original." - Laura van den Berg
"A singular, soul-rattling novel with urgent moral questions about greed, injustice, and inheritance at its core . . . I've never read anything like it, and I'll never forget my time in Enriquez's mesmerizing world." - Jessamine Chan
"Mariana Enriquez is a visionary. She conjures a brutal, voluptuous world where nothing is as it appears. I'm still looking over my shoulder." - Jennifer Haigh
"Our Share of Night is the kind of big book in which the reader becomes immersed, absorbed in the lives of its characters and their intertwined histories. Thrilling and engaging, it is a staggering accomplishment. Mariana Enriquez has written the novel that other novels will be compared to." - John Langan
"Reader, beware! Our Share of Night is a novel so disquieting, so unsettling that I could neither put it down nor read it late at night. Mariana Enriquez's short stories had already made me a fan for life - her novel is going to haunt me for the rest of my life." - Kelly Link
"Our Share of Night . . . artfully employing the vocabulary of supernatural horror as the one voice capable of articulating Argentina's unspeakable history. With realism in its magic and magic in its realism, this is a magnificent accomplishment and a genuine work of power." - Alan Moore
"A masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors." - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Mariana Enriquez is a masterful world builder. And the one she creates here devastates. This engrossing mixture of supernatural horror and intimate storytelling will leave an indelible but instructive mark on readers." - Sergio de la Pava
"Our Share of Night is epic and intimate, lyrical and brutal, horrifying and defiantly hopeful . . . I'm going to press this book into the hands of everyone I know and dare them to open the door to its Other Place." - Paul Tremblay
"A singular, soul-rattling novel with urgent moral questions about greed, injustice, and inheritance at its core . . . I've never read anything like it, and I'll never forget my time in Enriquez's mesmerizing world." - Jessamine Chan
"Mariana Enriquez is a visionary. She conjures a brutal, voluptuous world where nothing is as it appears. I'm still looking over my shoulder." - Jennifer Haigh
"Our Share of Night is the kind of big book in which the reader becomes immersed, absorbed in the lives of its characters and their intertwined histories. Thrilling and engaging, it is a staggering accomplishment. Mariana Enriquez has written the novel that other novels will be compared to." - John Langan
"Reader, beware! Our Share of Night is a novel so disquieting, so unsettling that I could neither put it down nor read it late at night. Mariana Enriquez's short stories had already made me a fan for life - her novel is going to haunt me for the rest of my life." - Kelly Link
"Our Share of Night . . . artfully employing the vocabulary of supernatural horror as the one voice capable of articulating Argentina's unspeakable history. With realism in its magic and magic in its realism, this is a magnificent accomplishment and a genuine work of power." - Alan Moore
"A masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors." - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Mariana Enriquez is a masterful world builder. And the one she creates here devastates. This engrossing mixture of supernatural horror and intimate storytelling will leave an indelible but instructive mark on readers." - Sergio de la Pava
"Our Share of Night is epic and intimate, lyrical and brutal, horrifying and defiantly hopeful . . . I'm going to press this book into the hands of everyone I know and dare them to open the door to its Other Place." - Paul Tremblay
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