You Glow in the Dark

Lilian Colanzi, Serrate

The seven stories of ‘You Glow in the Dark’ unfold in a Latin America wrecked and poisoned by human greed, and yet Liliana Colanzi’s writing casts an eerily bright spell over the wreckage. Colanzi draws power from Andean cyberpunk just as much as from classic horror writers, and this daring is matched by her energizing simultaneous use of multiplicity and fragmentation – the book’s stylistic trademarks.

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‘Do you glow in the dark?’ In 1987, an unsecured source of radiotherapy was stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiania, Brazil, resulting in four deaths and 249 contaminations. Liliana Colanzi’s debut collection is inspired by this radiological disaster, where each story seizes the reader’s attention through her unpredictable and original storytelling. Colanzi transgresses the distinction between reality and fiction, time and genre, to create a striking exploration of toxic waste and its impact on local lives and the environment. Where a harmless object or place holds an invisible threat and the reader is left wondering what is real. You Glow in the Dark is an impactful and experimental collection that exemplifies the genius of Colanzi’s writing.

Additional information

Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

128

Language

English

Edition

Short stories

Dewey

863.7 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K