Signs Preceding the End of the World

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Beschreibung

• Highly Acclaimed Mexican writer already praised in US publications including The Nation

• Author lives in USA, speaks good English and is plugged into US literary scene: eg Daniel Alarcón and Francisco Goldman have given highest possible endorsements

• Translator is an American professor of Spanish literature and willing to promote the book

• A New Twist: This is a novel take on the Mexican immigration / border-crossing theme, adding a literary and mythical dimension to a popular theme

• Latino fiction a la Luis Alberto Urrea with a strong female protagonist like Kushner's The Flamethrowers

• English-language Debut

Über den Autor

Yuri Herrera was born in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970. He received his PhD for Hispanic Language and Literature from UC Berkeley. Signs Preceding the End of the Worldis his English-language debut novel. It was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and is being published in several languages. His latest novel, The Transmigration of Bodies , is forthcoming in English from And Other Stories in 2016. He is currently teaching at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Lisa Dillman is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she translates Spanish, Catalan and Latin American writers and teaches at Emory University. Her recent translations include The Frost on His Shoulders by Lorenzo Mediano, Op Oloop by Juan Filloy (longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award), Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman and Rain Over Madrid by Andrés Barba. She is obsessed with words, running, cooking and her dog, Maya.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	And Other Stories (P408)
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781908276421
ISBN-10:	1908276428
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Herrera, Yuri
Übersetzung:	Dillman, Lisa
Hersteller:	And Other Stories (P408)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 128 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Yuri Herrera
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.2015
Gewicht:	0,145 kg