Cemeteries have great stories and sometimes I steal some for my books.

Mariana Enriquezcalled byThe New York Timesa sorceress of horrorhas been fascinated by the haunting beauty of cemeteries since she was a teenager. She has visited them frequently, a goth flaneur taking notes on her aesthetic obsession as she walks among the headstones, where dying seems much more interesting than being alive.

But when the body of a friends mother who was disappeared during Argentinas military dictatorship was found in a common grave, Enriquez began to examine more deeply the complex meanings of cemeteries and where our bodies come to rest.

In this rich book of essaysexcursions through death, she calls themEnriquez travels through North and South America, Europe and Australia, visiting Pariss catacombs, Pragues Old Jewish Cemetery, New Orleanss aboveground mausoleums, Buenos Airess opulent Recoleta, and more. Enriquez investigates each cemeterys history and architecture, its saints and ghosts, its caretakers and visitors, and, of course, its dead.

Weaving personal stories with reportage, interviews, myths, hauntology, and more,Somebody Is Walking on Your Graveis memoir channeled through Enriquezs passion for cemeteries, revealing as much about her own life and unique sensibility as the graveyards and tombstones she tours. Fascinating, spooky, and unlike anything else, Enriquezs first work of nonfiction, translated by the award-winning Megan McDowell, is as original and memorable as the stories and novels for which shes become so beloved and admired.

Mariana Enriquezis a writer based in Buenos Aires. She has published in English the novelOur Share of Nightand three story collections,A Sunny Place for Shady People, Things We Lost in the Fire,andThe Dangers of Smoking in Bed,which was a finalist for the International Booker Prize, the Kirkus Prize, the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction, and theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize in Fiction.

Megan McDowellhas translated many of the most important Latin American writers working today. Her translations have won numerous prizes, including the National Book Award, and have been nominated for the International Booker Prize four times. She is from Richmond, Kentucky, and lives in Barcelona, Spain.

• Publisher: Hogarth
• Publish Date: September 30, 2025
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• Type: Hardback
• EAN/UPC: 9780593733516
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.1 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Travel, Biography & Memoir, Politics, Society & Current Affairs