'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.
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'An eerie mix of the familiar and unreal ... the heat and toxic radiation and the babble of inner voices combine to create a hallucinatory vision.' -- Anderson Tepper * Four New Books in Translation Test the Bounds of Reality * 'In Colanzis writing, reality is grander and weirder than we imagined.' -- Drew Zeiba * A Secret and Threatening Reality: On Liliana Colanzi's "You Glow in the Dark" * 'In [ Colanzis] tales, violence is something in the air or soil, something ready to take us over or occupy our lives at any moment.' -- Leah Rachel von Essen * The Violence of Human Folly in "You Glow in the Dark" by Liliana Colanzi * 'You Glow in the Dark is a mesmerizing mix of gothic horror and cyberpunk that will keep readers on their toes.' -- Shannon Carlin * The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 | You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi * 'A revelation' 'Liliana Colanzi's short stories hit hard; they are creepy and beautiful in equal measure. They are excellent examples of this literary form and how it can be utilized, bent and even transformed.'
Daugiau informacijos
Winner of The Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero 2022 (Spain) and Zinklar Prisen Award 2025 (Denmark). Short-listed for The New South Wales Premier's Translation Prize 2025 (Australia). Nominated for BSFA Award for Best Translated Fiction 2025 (UK).From Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi comes a collection of short fiction: unearthly and radiating with power.
Liliana Colanzi was born in Bolivia in 1981. She was one of the Bogotį39 authors in 2017 and is also the founding publisher of Dum Dum editoria in Bolivia. She teaches Latin American Literature and Creative writing at Cornell University. In 2022, You Glow in the Dark won Spain's Ribera del Duero Short Story Prize and in 2025 it was the recipient of the Zinklar Award for short story writers. Her debut collection in English was chosen by TIME as on of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024.
Chris Andrews is an award-winning literary translator. He has won the French-American Foundation Translation Prize and won the Valle-Inclįn Prize twice for his translations, which include nine books by Roberto Bolańo and ten books by César Aira. He has also published critical studies and poetry, including Lime Green Chair, for which he won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize.
