Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of the novels Velvet Was the Night, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and a bunch of other books. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award–winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu’s Daughters). She has been nominated for the Locus Award for her work as an editor and has won the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award for her work as a novelist.
“An inspired mash-up of Jane Eyre, Ann Radcliffe’s The
Mysteries of Udolpho, Dracula, Rebecca and that 1958 classic
sci-fi movie, The Blob . . . Inventive and smart,
[Mexican Gothic is] injecting the Gothic formula with some
fresh blood.”—NPR’s Fresh Air
“Stylish and edgy. . . While the book draws inspiration from Gothic
classics like Rebecca and Jane Eyre—there is a spunky female
protagonist and an ancient house filled with disturbing secrets—its
archly intelligent tone and insightful writing make Mexican
Gothic an original escape to an eerie world.”—New York
Times
“[An] irresistibly dark feminist reimagining of the Gothic fantasy
novel . . . It’s all wonderfully creepy, blending chilling scenes
of horror with classic Gothic tropes for a seductive and subversive
tale. A book to devour in a few—very thrilling—sittings.”—Vanity
Fair
“The author’s postcolonial spin on the gothic tradition evokes the
usual suspects: Daphne du Maurier, Emily Brontë, Mary Shelley, even
Anne Radcliffe. Like those authors, Moreno-Garcia works in a
tradition in which chills and thrills tap into elemental cultural
fears—runaway science, carnal passion. But to these she adds a more
politically inflected horror, both ancient and timely.”—Los
Angeles Times
“A new classic of the genre . . . alluring and foreboding,
ambiguous and beautiful. And like its heroine Noemí, its ambitious,
determined, and well worth getting to know.”—Chicago Review of
Books
“This twisty horror fantasy is engrossing and wonderfully
repulsive. . . . This is a must-read for fans of gothic writers
like the Brontës, Daphne du Maurier, and Shirley Jackson, and also
for those who enjoy the feminist, surreal fiction of Carmen Maria
Machado.”—Buzzfeed
“Deliciously creepy . . . Read it with your lights on—and know that
strange dreams might begin to haunt you, as they haunted
Noemí.”—Vox
“Masterful . . . a gloriously moody adventure, spooky, smart, and
wry. Chic, no-nonsense Noemí Taboada is one hell of a tour guide
through this world of mystery, scandal and spirits.”—Victor
LaValle, author of The Changeling
“Mexican Gothic terrified and fascinated me. Silvia
Moreno-Garcia proves once again that she's a genre-jumping
wizard, one of the most exciting and necessary authors writing
today.”—Charlie Jane Anders, nationally bestselling author
of The City in the Middle of the Night
“Darkly brilliant and captivating . . . Readers who love old houses
and family secrets will devour this book (as I did!). The setting
itself—High Place, with its reputation for swallowing the dreams of
young women—is a character in this marvelously fantastical novel,
stretching from glamorous 1950s Mexican high society to the
crumbling pride of an abandoned silver mine. Silvia Moreno-Garcia
enthralls with this twisty tale of love and betrayal.”—Yangsze
Choo, New York Times bestselling author of The Night
Tiger and The Ghost Bride
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