Signs Preceding the End of the World

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  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
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Signs Preceding the End of the World

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ISBN: 9781908276421
Publisher: And Other Stories
Date of Publication: 2015-03-10
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.91
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Winner of the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for FictionSigns Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be 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.
 

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.