“A literary achievement, gorgeous and exacting in its execution . . .
Our Share of Night is not only a bloody valentine to the bonds between parent and child, but also an inspired evisceration of how the powerful prey on the powerless . . .”
—The Washington Post“Reads like a Stephen King coming-of-age adventure transplanted to the streets of Buenos Aires.”
—The Guardian“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 . . .”
—Oprah Daily“With this [novel], Enriquez has added an indelible and terrifying corner to our reality.”
—Bookforum“A sprawling epic of gore and sex and sacrifice, spanning multiple continents and decades, about the inhumanity of power and the fundamental unholiness of wealth, and the profound pains of love in a loveless universe.”
—Electric Literature“Wicked, wise, and stuffed with supernatural intrigue,
Our Share of Night is a mighty feat of creative prowess.”
—Elle“Horror's found its master. An extraordinary, mesmerizing novel.”
—Joy Williams “A haunting generational horror story.”
—Silvia Moreno-Garcia“With realism in its magic and magic in its realism, this is a magnificent accomplishment.”
—Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta
“Set against the backdrop of Argentina’s Dirty War, this brilliant novel centers on an ancient evil exploited by a cabal of uberwealthy families who will stop at nothing to maintain their power.”
—Elizabeth Hand, author of A Haunting on the Hill“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 . . . [this] novel is going to haunt me for the rest of my life.”
—Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black Dog“A singular, soul-rattling novel . . . I’ll never forget my time in Enriquez’s mesmerizing world.”
—Jessamine Chan, New York Times bestselling author of The School for Good Mothers“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 . . .”
—Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of A Head Full of Ghosts“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“Enriquez is a masterful world-builder . . . 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“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
“A vibrantly translated epic of family and mystery, friendship and sexual awakenings, history and monsters, full of images I won’t forget: golden nails on a clawed hand, a boy watching two men embrace, and the scariest door-close ever.”
