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Signs preceding the end of the world / Yuri Herrera ; translated by Lisa Dillman.

Title
  1. Signs preceding the end of the world / Yuri Herrera ; translated by Lisa Dillman.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : & Other Stories, 2015.
  2. ©2015
Author
  1. Herrera, Yuri, 1970-

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Additional authors
  1. Dillman, Lisa
Description
  1. 114 pages; 20 cm
Summary
  1. "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
Uniform title
  1. Señales que precederán al fin del mundo. English
Alternative title
  1. Señales que precederán al fin del mundo.
Subject
  1. Noncitizens > Fiction
  2. Smuggling > Fiction
  3. Illegal immigration > Fiction
  4. Noncitizens
  5. Noncitizens > Fiction
  6. Undocumented Immigrants
  7. Contrebande > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  8. Immigration clandestine > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  9. Immigrants clandestins
  10. Contrabando > Novela
  11. Extranjeros indocumentados > Novela
  12. Illegal immigration
  13. Noncitizens
  14. Smuggling
  15. Mexican-American Border Region > Fiction
  16. Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc
  17. Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Región) > Novela
  18. North America > Mexican-American Border Region
Genre/Form
  1. Fictional Work
  2. novels.
  3. Novels
  4. Fiction
  5. Romans.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Translation of: Señales que precederán al fin del mundo, originally published in 2009 by editorial Periférica, Cáceres, Spain.
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  1. committed to retain