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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) 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: Time, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Book Riot, PopSugar "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.&rdquo
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Multi-cultural fiction, Short stories
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A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Oprah…
Daily, Elle, The Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, Electric Literature, Library Journal, Commonweal MagazineA Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Kirkus PrizeLong-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the Story PrizeA Must-Read: The New York Times, NPR, New York, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Today Show, The Boston Globe, Shondaland, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Review of Books, Essence, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Root“Exhilarating . . . Brinkley is a writer whose versatility knows no boundaries . . . A gift of the highest quality.” —Mateo Askaripour, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom National Book Award finalist Jamel Brinkley, Witness is an elegant, insistent narrative of actions taken and not taken.What does it mean to really see the world around you—to bear witness? And what does it cost us, both to see and not to see?In these ten stories, each set in the changing landscapes of contemporary New York City, a range of characters—from children to grandmothers to ghosts—live through the responsibility of perceiving and the moral challenge of speaking up or taking action. Though they strive to connect with, stand up for, care for, and remember one another, they often fall short, and the structures they build around these ambitions and failures shape their futures as well as the legacies and prospects of their communities and their city.In its portraits of families and friendships lost and found, the paradox of intimacy, the long shadow of grief, and the meaning of home, Witness enacts its own testimony. Here is a world where fortunes can be made and stolen in just a few generations, where strangers might sometimes show kindness while those we trust—doctors, employers, siblings—too often turn away, where joy comes in snatches: flowers on a windowsill, dancing in the street, glimpsing your purpose, change on the horizon.With prose as upendingly beautiful as it is artfully, seamlessly crafted, Jamel Brinkley offers nothing less than the full scope of life and death and change in the great, unending drama of the city.
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Romantic suspense, Multi-cultural fiction, Ghost and horror stories
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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 PICKOne of Reactor Magazine&’s Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century 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-GarciaA 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.&”