At the top of the list for me this Autumn is the forthcoming Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera (I would also recommend his previous collection of short stories, Ten Planets, and his essay A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire), followed closely by some new fiction with stories from El Salvador, The Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera and a recent translation of the Guatemalan author Augusto Monterroso.
I’m also excited about the latest Hazel Press poetry title, The Seafarer, translated by Mathew Hollis with original photographs from Norman McBeath, and then the joy of a new Ali Smith book - coming out in November, with what promises to be an unforgettable launch event at the bookshop!
From the publisher:
Translated by Lisa DillmanIn 1853, a man named Benito Juárez disembarks at the fetid port of New Orleans. Later, in 1858, he is to become the first indigenous president of Mexico, but now he is anonymous. He falls in love with…
From the publisher:
Set in 20th-century El Salvador, The Volcano Daughters is a searingly original novel about sisterhood, art, and a community of women who refuse to be silenced.A searingly original novel about sisterhood, art, and a community of women who…
From the publisher:
Translated by Aaron KernerThe January 2025 selection of the NYRB Classics Book ClubThe one and only novel by the renowned Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso—Latin America’s most expansive miniaturist, whose tiny,…
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From the publisher:
Come, lean in for this song of myself.Bear with me these tides of telling.Days without dawn, nights of no end,the oceans upturning. I cannot calmthe surge within;A new translation for our times of the classic Anglo-Saxon poem.The seafarer…
From the publisher:
The first of two new interconnected novels from bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author Ali SmithO brave new world, that has such people in't.Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red…
From the publisher:
Translated by Oonagh StranskyChildren can be cruel, and children can love as passionately as adults, more so at times. When these two facts combine and ignite the imagination of Italy’s greatest contemporary novelist,…
From the publisher:
Discover the dark side of Christmas in this fascinating exploration of the strange folk tales and arcane traditions still haunt winter and the festive season to this day.As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek…
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Translated by Louise Heal KawaiThe new title from the author of Six Four, in which a down-at-heel architect must solve a beguiling mysteryThe new title from the author of Six Four, in which a down-at-heel architect must solve a…
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