Signs preceding the end of the world

Author

Yuri Herrera

Call Number

• FICTION HERR (CEN)

Publication Information

London ; New York : & Other Stories, 2015.

Physical Description

114 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

"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

Notes

Translation of: Señales que precederán al fin del mundo, originally published in 2009 by editorial Periférica, Cáceres, Spain.

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.