Genre Fiction
![Mariana Enriquez - [object Object] author](https://res.cloudinary.com/readsomnia/image/upload/authors/a_a_mariana_enriquez.jpg)
Our Share of Night: A Novel
A woman's mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the long-awaited debut novel from 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 masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"We have children so we can continue, they are our immortality."
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 travels to her family home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed. The woman they grieve came from a clan like no other-a centuries-old secret society called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of eternal life. For Gaspar, the son, this vampiric cult is his destiny.
Now Gaspar is in danger. As the Order tries to possess him, father and son take flight, yet nothing will stop the Order for nothing is beyond them. Hunted by evil and surrounded by horror, Gaspar and his father attempt to outrun a powerful family that will do anything to ensure its own survival. But can any of us escape the fate that awaits us?
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 many queer subplots and themes-this is the masterwork of one of Latin America's most exciting novelists, "a mesmerizing writer," says Dave Eggers, "who demands to be read."
"A masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"We have children so we can continue, they are our immortality."
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 travels to her family home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed. The woman they grieve came from a clan like no other-a centuries-old secret society called the Order that commits unspeakable acts in search of eternal life. For Gaspar, the son, this vampiric cult is his destiny.
Now Gaspar is in danger. As the Order tries to possess him, father and son take flight, yet nothing will stop the Order for nothing is beyond them. Hunted by evil and surrounded by horror, Gaspar and his father attempt to outrun a powerful family that will do anything to ensure its own survival. But can any of us escape the fate that awaits us?
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 many queer subplots and themes-this is the masterwork of one of Latin America's most exciting novelists, "a mesmerizing writer," says Dave Eggers, "who demands to be read."
Editorial Reviews
"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
"A masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"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
"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
"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
"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
"A masterful, unsettling novel from one of Latin America's most exciting authors."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
"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
"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
"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
"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
