contemporary gothic

Provocative, brutal and uncanny, Things We Lost in the Fire is contemporary gothic at the Fire's darkest and best.

an arresting collection of 12 short stories that use fear and horror to explore multiple dimensions of life in contemporary Argentina

THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE is an arresting collection of 12 short stories that use fear and horror to explore multiple dimensions of life in contemporary Argentina.

a collection of 12 short stories, each populated with ghosts, haunted houses, and other supernatural phenomena to explore violence, poverty, history, and women

Things We Lost In The Fire is a collection of 12 short stories, each populated with ghosts, haunted houses, and other supernatural phenomena to explore violence, poverty, history, and women.

a collection of twelve short stories that use fear and horror to explore multiple dimensions of life in contemporary Argentina

Things We Lost in the Fire is a collection of twelve short stories that use fear and horror to explore multiple dimensions of life in contemporary Argentina.

a fascinating, multi-layered horror collection, and one which, because a fascinating, multi-layered horror collection was only translated into English relatively recently, may well have slipped under the radars of many UK and US-based horror fiction fans

Overall, Things We Lost in the Fire is a fascinating, multi-layered horror collection, and one which, because a fascinating, multi-layered horror collection was only translated into English relatively recently, may well have slipped under the radars of many UK and US-based horror fiction fans.

a powerful exploration of what happens when our darkest desires are left to roam unchecked

Written in hypnotic prose that gives grace to the grotesque, Things We Lost in the Fire is a powerful exploration of what happens when our darkest desires are left to roam unchecked, and signals the arrival of an astonishing and necessary voice in contemporary fiction.

a collection of short stories about loss, the macabre, ghosts, and horror

Things We Lost in the Fire, is a collection of short stories about loss, the macabre, ghosts, and horror.

the sort of deliberately-paced, melodramatic family tear-jerker that seems to usually drive the Academy wild

Things We Lost in the Fire is the sort of deliberately-paced, melodramatic family tear-jerker that seems to usually drive the Academy wild.

like the stuff of cheap melodrama – a woman trying to rebuild newcomer Tang Wei's life after tragedy, who forms a friendship with a drug addict

The central plot of Things We Lost in the Fire sounds like the stuff of cheap melodrama – a woman trying to rebuild newcomer Tang Wei's life after tragedy, who forms a friendship with a drug addict.

an arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent

Things We Lost in the Fire is an arresting collection of short stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortazar, by an exciting new international talent.

a touching drama about Audrey (), , Hall Berrya married mother-of-twowhose husband Brian (David Duchovny) is killed tragically in a random act of violence

Things We Lost in the Fire is a touching drama about Audrey (Hall Berry), a married mother-of-two, whose husband Brian (David Duchovny) is killed tragically in a random act of violence.

an up-tempo and vast exploration of human experience

Things We Lost in the Fire is an up-tempo and vast exploration of human experience, and strikes a confusingly satisfying balance between utter despair and complacency.

a relationship drama about a guy () and a girl Sebastien Jessen(Molly Blixt Egelind) getting married at a rustic house situated in a lemon grove on the coast of Italy

(In a Better World, Things We Lost in the Fire), is a relationship drama about a guy (Sebastien Jessen) and a girl (Molly Blixt Egelind) getting married at a rustic house situated in a lemon grove on the coast of Italy.

The drama movie, directed by Susanne Bier

The drama movie, directed by Susanne Bier (Things We Lost in the Fire), follows the contrasting lives of two boys, one who’s trying to discover how to live after Susanne Bier's mother’s death, and another who’s getting bullied at school while Susanne Bier ’s trying to deal with Susanne Bier's parents, Anton (Mikael Persbrandt) and Marianne (Trine Dyrholm), separating at home.

nothing more than a well acted soap opera

To whittle it down to its core, Things We Lost in the Fire is nothing more than a well acted soap opera, yet a well acted soap opera’s because of that acting that makes everything so interesting and riveting to watch.