“Signs Preceding the End of the World” by Yuri Herrera [Why This Book Should Win]

This article in "Why the book should win" series was written by Steven Spark, a former BTBA judge and book shop at Green Apple Books on the Park. Before the finalist announces, we will post two (more) postings on each business day. Yurierella signs before the end of the world,

"The signs before the end of the world of Yuri · Erella are masterpiece, an unforgettable moving allegory, culture of violence, celebration of violence, celebration and celebration of my generation, among the writers of my generation, what I admire most The author of Yuri Ellera, Daniel Alarcon, "The Night of Our Ring" in the "Sign of the End of the World" proves the status as a storyteller who strongly depicted the story. Please use the original language. It boosts humility and everyday things to a symbolic dimension, so it is good for drawing bad conditions. Of course, there are some Kafka-like things in this symbol. "Arturo Garcia Ramos, ABC

For last year's American readers, Yuri Elerera seems to be everywhere. When his third novel "The End of the World" (2014) was translated into English and published, it was a hundred page literary explosion that won the best translation by revelation, Elena Ferrante and Karl Ove . I won a prize. Knausgaard put Herrera on a map of an English speaking country. However, with the publication of his second English novel "The Reincarnation of the Body" (2015), a wider outline of the Herrera project is emerging. It is "Border Trilogy" combined by a single aesthetic philosophy. Below, I think we know, depth of stun and worldwide and around the world. The boundary looks like a wall until they are close enough to see: they are the body

The signs before the end of the world is one of the most eye-catching novels published in Spanish in the past decade. Yuri Herrera simply does not write down the boundary between Mexico and the United States of America and people crossing it. Especially when you do not look back, when you move from one country to another, you will explore the intersections and translations people make with their thoughts and words. Crossing this lone field is a young woman, Makina, who knows how to survive in a violent and masculine world. She left her life in Mexico looking for her brother smuggled to the United States with a secret message from her mother and a secret message from the underworld in Mexico.