SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD In Somebody is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez blends journalistic rigour and her fascination with the macabre as we encounter famous graveyards steeped in history, such as Montparnasse in Paris, Highgate in London, and the Jewish cemetery in Prague, as well as more remote, decrepit, hidden, or secretly beautiful ones. These pages are full of the graves of famous figures - Elvis in Memphis, Karl Marx in London - mournful sculptures, traces of voodoo, catacombs, skeletons and an array of legends and stories. Mariana's personal journey weaves through haunting narratives, transforming burial grounds into spaces of reflection, obsession, and emotional discovery between the living and the dead. From the haunting statues of Staglieno in Genoa to the eerie silence of Rottnest Island's hidden Aboriginal cemetery, Enriquez's narrative shifts effortlessly between travelogue, essay, and memoir. In her unique voice, cemeteries transform into living, breathing places of reflection, obsession and revelation. As she roams, each cemetery becomes a lens through which she examines everything from colonial violence to the strange rituals surrounding death.
| ISBN: | 9781803511290 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2025 |
| Author: | Mariana Enriquez |
| Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Travel writing Sociology: death and dying Literary essays Contemporary horror and ghost stories |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD In Somebody is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez blends journalistic rigour and her fascination with the macabre as we encounter famous graveyards steeped in history, such as Montparnasse in Paris, Highgate in London, and the Jewish cemetery in Prague, as well as more remote, decrepit, hidden, or secretly beautiful ones. These pages are full of the graves of famous figures - Elvis in Memphis, Karl Marx in London - mournful sculptures, traces of voodoo, catacombs, skeletons and an array of legends and stories. Mariana's personal journey weaves through haunting narratives, transforming burial grounds into spaces of reflection, obsession, and emotional discovery between the living and the dead. From the haunting statues of Staglieno in Genoa to the eerie silence of Rottnest Island's hidden Aboriginal cemetery, Enriquez's narrative shifts effortlessly between travelogue, essay, and memoir. In her unique voice, cemeteries transform into living, breathing places of reflection, obsession and revelation. As she roams, each cemetery becomes a lens through which she examines everything from colonial violence to the strange rituals surrounding death.
Someone Is Walking on Your Grave features in the following genres: Sociology: death and dying, Ghosts and poltergeists, Travel and holiday guides, Travel writing
Someone Is Walking on Your Grave is available in Hardback
Someone Is Walking on Your Grave was written by Mariana Enriquez and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications
Someone Is Walking on Your Grave has 336 pages
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