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Author:

Herrera, Yuri, 1970- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

And other stories,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

114 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Illegal aliens--Fiction.
Smuggling--Fiction.
Mexican-American Border Region--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Dillman, Lisa, translator.

Other Titles:

Señales que precederán al fin del mundo. English.

Notes:

First published as Señales que precederán al fin del mundo in 2009.

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 USA carrying a pair of secret messages -- one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld.

ISBN:

9781908276421 (paperback)
1908276428 (paperback) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)889949964

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)