The Transmigration of Bodies and Signs Preceding the End of the World

Discover the captivating duality of human struggle in Yuri Herrera's masterpieces, The Transmigration of Bodies and Signs Preceding the End of the World. This unique bundle offers an exciting blend of contemporary issues wrapped in exquisite prose, perfect for lovers of literary fiction and noir narratives.

In The Transmigration of Bodies, enter a gritty world where a deadly plague devastates a city torn apart by crime. Our antihero, The Redeemer, must navigate the treacherous waters between two warring crime families, all while confronting the macabre consequences of life and death. This novella shines with Herrera's signature style—at once bawdy and poetic—capturing the essence of human fragility amid chaos.

Conversely, Signs Preceding the End of the World presents a haunting tale of immigration through the eyes of Makina, a resilient woman who embarks on a harrowing journey across the Mexico-U.S. border in search of her brother. This story highlights the emotional and psychological translations people undergo while traversing borders, both physical and metaphorical.

Together, these works offer profound insights into modern life, violence, and identity. Enhance your bookshelf with these stunning novellas that are perfect for readers searching for impactful literature that reflects our times.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925498240
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2016
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 240


Description:
Hilarious and horrifying, Yuri Herrera's The Transmigration of Bodies is a gritty, feverish novella, written in dazzling prose that is both bawdy and poetic. A plague has brought death to the city. Two feuding crime families with blood on their hands need our hard-boiled hero, The Redeemer, to broker peace. Both his instincts and the vacant streets warn him to stay indoors, but The Redeemer ventures out into the city's underbelly to arrange for the exchange of the bodies they hold hostage. Lust and crime and a lack of condoms all feature in this brilliant novella about living in a city filled with the dead, and where no one can distinguish between the guilty and the innocent.

A response to the violence of contemporary Mexico, with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, Roberto Bolano and Raymond Chandler, The Transmigration of Bodies is a noir tragedy and a tribute to those bodies-loved, sanctified and defiled-that violent crime has touched.

Signs Preceding the End of the World is a masterpiece, haunting and arresting, spare and poetic, a condensed epic about immigration. 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.

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