The BOO*-k Club
Bailey and Mariah invite you to join them for BOO*-k Club (*Bloodcurdling, Ominous, and Otherworldly) each month. As avid horror readers, they cannot wait to explore some of the genre’s most interesting offerings by focusing on short story collections and novellas. Come get creeped out with us!
This month’s book is A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell
On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all those birds were once women.
Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical imagination of Mariana Enriquez. In twelve spellbinding new stories, Enriquez writes about ordinary people, especially women, whose lives turn inside out when they encounter terror, the surreal, and the supernatural. A neighborhood nuisanced by ghosts, a family whose faces melt away, a faded hotel haunted by a girl who dissolved in the water tank on the roof, a riverbank populated by birds that used to be women—these and other tales illuminate the shadows of contemporary life, where the line between good and evil no longer exists.
Lyrical and hypnotic, heart-stopping and deeply moving, Enriquez’s stories never fail to enthrall, entertain, and leave us shaken. Translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, A Sunny Place for Shady People showcases Enriquez’s unique blend of the literary and the horrific, and underscores why Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, calls her “the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time.”
Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us Friday, December 20th for a thoughtful and entertaining discussion about A Sunny Place for Shady People. This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate. No registration necessary.
Want to keep the conversation going after club? Join the BOO*-k Club Discord server!
Content Warnings for The BOO*-k Club 2024-2025
Content Warnings for A Sunny Place for Shady People
Content Warnings for Taaqtumi
Content Warnings for When the Reckoning Comes
Content Warnings for The Vegetarian
Content Warnings for The Fervor
Content Warnings for The Z Word
Content Warnings for Your Body is Not Your Body
Dates and books of upcoming 2024-2025 The BOO*-k Club:
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December 20 at 6 PM A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell |
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January 24th at 6 PM Taaqtumi ed. by Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley |
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February 28th at 6 PM When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen |
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March 28th at 6 PM The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith |
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April 25th at 6 PM The Fervor by Alma Katsu |
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May 23rd at 6 PM The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller |
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June 27th at 6 PM Your Body is Not Your Body ed. by Alex Woodroe and Matt Blairstone |
Previous Book Club Selections
