
You Glow In The Dark
Liliana Colanzi(Author)
Akoya Publishing
Published on 2. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-83675-004-8 (ISBN)
Description
DO YOU GLOW IN THE DARK?
In Liliana Colanzi's singular collection of short stories, set in a Latin America at once real and otherworldly, human vice contaminates every page. Amid eerie near-future landscapes, in communities both ordinary and uncanny, and during the very real fallout of a nuclear disaster, Colanzi's characters must contend with a poisoned legacy.
Unpredictable and vivid, You Glow in the Dark radiates in the reader's mind long after the final page and announces a daring new voice in fiction.
In Liliana Colanzi's singular collection of short stories, set in a Latin America at once real and otherworldly, human vice contaminates every page. Amid eerie near-future landscapes, in communities both ordinary and uncanny, and during the very real fallout of a nuclear disaster, Colanzi's characters must contend with a poisoned legacy.
Unpredictable and vivid, You Glow in the Dark radiates in the reader's mind long after the final page and announces a daring new voice in fiction.
Reviews / Votes
'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 Colanzi's 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 [Colanzi's] 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' -- El Pais '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.' 'In You Glow In The Dark Liliana Colanzi doesn't ease you in, she drops you straight into Latin American urban dystopias and eerie futures where Aymara myth collides with sci-fi and horror. These seven stories are fragmented, fearless, and completely original, making you flinch and question reality. It's a bold, electric collection from a voice you won't forget in a hurry.' -- Samantha de Haas * 5 New Reads The Service95 Book Club Is Hyping This October *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
With flaps
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
154 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83675-004-8 (9781836750048)
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Persons
Liliana Colanzi was born in Bolivia in 1981. She teaches Latin American literature at Cornell University and is the founding publisher of Dum Dum editora in Bolivia. 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.
Chris Andrews was born in Australia in 1962. He has won the Valle-Inclan Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his translations, which include nine books by Roberto Bolano and ten books by Cesar Aira. He has published critical studies and poetry, including the collection Lime Green Chair, for which he won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize.
Chris Andrews was born in Australia in 1962. He has won the Valle-Inclan Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his translations, which include nine books by Roberto Bolano and ten books by Cesar Aira. He has published critical studies and poetry, including the collection Lime Green Chair, for which he won the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize.