Signs Preceding the End of the World [Book Club Set]
London ; New York : & Other Stories, 2015.
Format: Kit
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Description: Includes 15 paperback books in one bag.
"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 US carrying a pair of secret messages--one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld"--Publisher's description
Other Authors:
Dillman, Lisa, translator.
Translation of: Herrera, Yuri, 1970- Señales que precederán al fin del mundo.
Dillman, Lisa, translator.
Translation of: Herrera, Yuri, 1970- Señales que precederán al fin del mundo.
Contents:
The Earth -- The water crossing -- The place where the hills meet -- The obsidian mound -- The place where the wind cuts like a knife -- The place where flags wave -- The place where people's hearts are eaten -- The snake that lies in wait -- The obsidian place with no windows or holes for the smoke.
"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 US carrying a pair of secret messages -- one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld" -- Publisher's description.
"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 US carrying a pair of secret messages -- one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld" -- Publisher's description.
Subjects:
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Smuggling -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Fiction.
Noncitizens.
Noncitizens -- Juvenile fiction.
Contrabando -- Novela.
Extranjeros indocumentados -- Novela.
Book club set, Adult.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.
Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Región) -- Novela.
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Smuggling -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Fiction.
Noncitizens.
Noncitizens -- Juvenile fiction.
Contrabando -- Novela.
Extranjeros indocumentados -- Novela.
Book club set, Adult.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.
Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Región) -- Novela.
ISBN:
1908276428
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BOOK CLUB SET Signs | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Book Club Set | Out (Due: 6/21/2024) |
Translation of: Señales que precederán al fin del mundo, originally published in 2009 by editorial Periférica, Cáceres, Spain.