{"product_id":"three-novels-kingdom-cons-signs-preceding-the-end-of-the-world-the-transmigration-of-bodies-9781913505240","title":"Three Novels: Kingdom Cons, Signs Preceding the End of the World, the Transmigration of Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mexico we hear of in the news--the drug cartels, migration and senseless violence--is rich soil for Herrera's moving stories of people who live in this reality but also live in the timeless realm of myth, epic and fairy tale, such as the singer Lobo in \u003ci\u003eKingdom Cons\u003c\/i\u003e who loves the drug lord's own daughter, Makina who crosses borders to find her brother in \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Redeemer, a hard-boiled hero looking to broker peace between feuding families during a pandemic in \u003ci\u003eThe Transmigration of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese three novels get to the heart of the matter in a truly original way. They are storytelling that is at once timely and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Actopan, Mexico, in 1970, Yuri Herrera studied Politics in Mexico, Creative Writing in El Paso and took his PhD in literature at Berkeley. His first novel to appear in English, \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award after publishing to great critical acclaim in 2015, when it featured on many Best-of-Year lists, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian's\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction and NBC News's Ten Great Latino Books. His second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Transmigration of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (2016 in English) and \u003ci\u003eKingdom Cons\u003c\/i\u003e (2017 in English) were also published to acclaim, including the Dublin Literary Award (former Impac prize) shortlisting of \u003ci\u003eThe Transmigration of Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently teaches at the University of Tulane, in New Orleans.\u003ci\u003e A Silent Fury: The El Bordo Mine Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is his fourth book, and his first of non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eLisa Dillman has translated a number of Spanish and Latin American writers. Some of her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eRain Over Madrid, Such Small Hands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Right Intention\u003c\/i\u003e by Andrés Barba and Yuri Herrera's four books. She won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for Herrera's \u003ci\u003eSigns Preceding the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"And Other Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615004365074,"sku":"9781913505240","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9690ddd2-990a-420b-9638-07a4cfa62d10.jpg?v=1732471643","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-novels-kingdom-cons-signs-preceding-the-end-of-the-world-the-transmigration-of-bodies-9781913505240","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}