The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Author: [Argentina] Mariana Enriquez Translator: Zhou Yujie Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

【Editor's recommendation】

☆The finalist of the Man Booker Prize by Mariana Henriquez, a representative writer of contemporary Latin American Gothic realism

☆ Nobel Prize winner in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro's "exciting discovery"; rock godmother Patti Smith and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey praised

☆12 true and fantasy stories, 15 beautiful dark illustrations. A ruined city where a man walks alone in the flames, stunning and mysterious whispers in the dark night; classic horror elements interweave with contemporary cultural phenomena, and the scars of individuals and history are revealed in the fictional supernatural.

☆Copyright exported to more than 20 countries, selected for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, Ray Bradbury Award, and Cox Award

☆A sharp work that amazed the European and American literary world. Won a starred book review from Publishers Weekly; recommended by The New York Times Book Review, The Times, etc.; The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Oprah Magazine, New York Public Library, and Literary Hub Literature Network's 2021 Book of the Year

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【Content Introduction】

"The Dangers of Smoking in Bed" consists of twelve colorful short stories, continuing Enriquez's Gothic realism writing style, interweaving classic horror elements with contemporary cultural phenomena, and revealing personal and historical scars in the fictional supernatural.

The cigarette smoke under the desk lamp and the flames quietly burning in the rainy night, the crazy woman on the top floor and the cursed community, a group of children who suddenly reappeared after being missing for many years, a voyeur boy and a girl obsessed with the sound of heartbeats, fans who sneak into the cemetery to commemorate their deceased idols... What is hidden behind the thick darkness?

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Fear comes quietly along with the silent roar in the nightmare!

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【Recommended by media and celebrities】

In Dangers of Smoking in Bed, get a glimpse into Mariana Enriquez's beautiful yet terrifying world of disturbed teenagers, ghosts, depraved grave robbers, and the sad and angry homeless of contemporary Argentina. . This is the most exciting discovery I have made in the field of fiction in a long time. - Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel Prize winner in Literature

A collection of extraordinary and intelligent short stories that slyly uses horror stories, ghost stories, and even pulp fiction to think about Argentina's troubled past. A 2.0 version of "magic realism" with a subtle feminist perspective. Smart and interesting The political depth makes it hard to put down. ——Man Booker International Prize judges

A gifted writer. Polluted rivers, dirty streets, rotting meat, murdered children... Enriquez's works deeply explore the horrors of everyday life. Her works are based on reality, but also have a poetic and dark weirdness. -- Rock poetess and punk godmother Patti Smith on Enriquez

Argentina, the country that gave birth to Borges, has a large number of shocking and weird writers... and Mariana is one of them... "Dangers of Smoking in Bed" twists and turns nightmare-like desires with dark Gothic twists, flowing like sticky body fluids, making you tremble secretly in fear. - The Times

Creepy... Enriquez is particularly good at capturing the unbridled passion of young girls... These extraordinary stories come to a sudden halt just as they are on the verge of some kind of transgressive climax... For Enriquez, there is pleasure in this abnormality. - The New York Times Book Review

Set in the alleys and slums of Buenos Aires, Enriquez's painfully original collection of stories illuminates the city's dark underworld of filth and madness... Enriquez's wild imagination and penchant for morbid scenarios push the work to the extreme. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The atmosphere is a combination of the cunning and sharpness of an Argentine Gothic story, like quicksand, which makes people inadvertently sink into it. ——Kirkus Reviews (starred book review)

This collection of stories is sometimes surreal, sometimes strangely real, but always exudes an unsettling atmosphere. It is like a list of the consequences of oppression: suppressed resentment, suppressed trauma, suppressed history of political violence. ——Literary Hub Literature Network

A radiant, spine-tingling collection of stories, each of which features fascinating characters dancing on the spectral line between our world and the other. --The Oprah Magazine

A wonderful collection of stories, a classic. The ending of each story will leave you dumbfounded, as if it happened in daily life. They touch upon reality in a fantastic way that will leave you numb. - Argentina's Clarin

I love these strange stories, these desires and whispers in the dark night. There is a serious power in this work. - Daisy Johnson, author shortlisted for the Booker Prize

A strange and wonderful exploration of contemporary horror stories - collapsing cities, self-betraying societies, loneliness in the Internet age - these stories come from the filthy, broken reality and nightmare space, but also from beyond. Wild, evil, and explosive. - Lisa McInerney, winner of the Women's Prize