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Informationen zum Autor Yuri Herrera was born in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970. He received his PhD for Hispanic Language and Literature from UC Berkeley. Signs Preceding the End of the Worldis his English-language debut novel. It was shortlisted for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and is being published in several languages. His latest novel, The Transmigration of Bodies , is forthcoming in English from And Other Stories in 2016. He is currently teaching at Tulane University in New Orleans.Lisa Dillman is based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she translates Spanish, Catalan and Latin American writers and teaches at Emory University. Her recent translations include The Frost on His Shoulders by Lorenzo Mediano, Op Oloop by Juan Filloy (longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award), Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman and Rain Over Madrid by Andrés Barba. She is obsessed with words, running, cooking and her dog, Maya. Klappentext A streetwise heroine travels from Mexico to the USA via the mythical and criminal underworlds, in the search for her brother. From a highly acclaimed Mexican author. Zusammenfassung Makina knows how to survive in a macho world. Leaving her native Mexico in search of her brother! she's smuggled into the USA bearing two secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld. In this grippingly original novel Herrera explores the actual and psychological crossings and translations people make.
