Our Share of Night

Praise

“An ailing medium who can connect with the dead tries to protect his son from an insatiable darkness. . . . Monumental.”—The New York Times

“A dark vampiric noir that heralds a new era in South American horror . . .”—Literary Hub

​“A legendary Latine horror reminiscent of The Shining.”—BuzzFeed

“[A] stirring, speculative epic, brilliantly translated by Megan McDowell.”—Oprah Daily

“Conjure[s] emotional textures almost unimaginable in realist fiction . . . With this [novel], Enriquez has added an indelible and terrifying corner to our reality.”—Bookforum

“Wicked, wise, and stuffed with supernatural intrigue, Our Share of Night is a mighty feat of creative prowess.”—Elle

“[Our Share of Night] blends the sweep and politics of Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift with the dystopian dread of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.”—Oprah Quarterly

“A haunting generational horror story.”—Silvia Moreno-Garcia

“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, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta

“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, author of White Cat, Black Dog and Get in Trouble, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

“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, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers

“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, bestselling author of The Third Hotel

“One of the best novels of the twenty-first century . . . 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, bestselling author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club

“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, bestselling author of Mercy Street

“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, author of A Naked Singularity, winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize

“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, author of The Fisherman, winner of the Bram Stoker Award