Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave: My Cemetery Journeys

ISBN: 0593733517

Author: Enriquez, Mariana

Condition: New

An enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world-part travelogue, part memoir, part excursions through death, by the author of Our Share of Night and queen of horror (Los Angeles Times)Not a travelogue so much as a grave-a-logue, Somebody is Walking on Your Grave is an exuberant, witty wander among the dead. You could not have a better friend to take you by the hand and lead you for a long traipse among tilting tombstones, dank crypts, and chilling history.-Joe HillEnriquez knows cemeteries are the repositories of lifes pain and beauty. I felt more alive as I read.-Caitlin Doughty, New York Times bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the CrematoryA perfect book for almost anyone.-The Washington PostAn immersive testament to [Enriquezs] genius.-Los Angeles TimesAn eccentric and enlightening peek into how memorialization happens across the world.-Publishers Weekly, starred reviewFascinating . . . Enriquez hides a celebration of life in a book about death.-Booklist, starred reviewA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, ELECTRIC LIT, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY One of Publishers Weeklys Top 10 New Releases of the Fall A Most Anticipated Book of the Fall: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Literary Hub, Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Book Riot, Publishers LunchCemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books.Mariana Enriquez-called by The New York Times a sorceress of horror-has been fascinated by the haunting beauty of cemeteries since she was a teenager. She has visited them frequently, a goth flaneur taking notes on her aesthetic obsession as she walks among the headstones, where dying seems much more interesting than being alive.But when the body of a friends mother who was disappeared during Argentinas military dictatorship was found in a common grave, Enriquez began to examine more deeply the complex meanings of cemeteries and where our bodies come to rest.In this rich book of essays-excursions through death, she calls them-Enriquez travels through North and South America, Europe and Australia, visiting Pariss catacombs, Pragues Old Jewish Cemetery, New Orleanss aboveground mausoleums, Buenos Airess opulent Recoleta, and more. Enriquez investigates each cemeterys history and architecture, its saints and ghosts, its caretakers and visitors, and, of course, its dead.Weaving personal stories with reportage, interviews, myths, hauntology, and more, Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave is memoir channeled through Enriquezs passion for cemeteries, revealing as much about her own life and unique sensibility as the graveyards and tombstones she tours. Fascinating, spooky, and unlike anything else, Enriquezs first work of nonfiction, translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, is as original and memorable as the stories and novels for which shes become so beloved and admired.

• A captivating, intimate journey through renowned cemeteries worldwide | A deep dive into the author's brilliance | Ideal for a wide range of readers | Critically acclaimed: TIME, Electric Lit, Chicago Public Library's top pick; PW's fall top 10; anticipated by major outlets