A collection of sometimes horrifying stories set in modern-day Argentina. This book is not for the faint of heart.

Smoking in Bed is creepy and unsettling. Maria Enriquez has a talent for writing spooky short stories. Though this collection didn't quite reach the level of horror that I am accustomed to with Maria Enriquez's work it was very creepy and chilling.

"Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre: populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and horror. The stories in her next collection are as terrifying as they are socially conscious, and press into being the unspoken -- fetish, illness, the female body, the darkness of human history -- with unsettling urgency. Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with resounding tenderness towards those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, this new collection from one of Argentina's most exciting writers finds Enriquez at her most sophisticated, and most chilling."
Perhaps I should have read the reviews before I read the book as I found quite disturbing despite the fact that I admire Spanish authors and love magical-realism. Many of the stories were so disquieting, but after reading the above, I can see the rationale in them. Still, I wonder if the author felt catharsis in putting onto paper these very macabre tales.