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Signs Preceding the End of the World
- Author
- Yuri Herrera
- Narrator
- Patricia Rodriguez
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 26 March 2020
- Run Time
- 2 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Featured in The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back.
Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho world. Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her brother, she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld.
(P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited, Translation (c) Lisa Dillman 2015
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Details
- Author
- Yuri Herrera
- Narrator
- Patricia Rodriguez
- Duration
- 2 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529312096
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Narrative theme: sense of place, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
Winner of the 2016 Best Translated Book AwardFeatured in The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturySigns Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back.Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho world. Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her brother, she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld.(P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited, Translation (c) Lisa Dillman 2015
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