Mexico – The Modern Novel

Caroline Lamarche: La Chienne de Naha [The Bitch of Naha]

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Post published:13 May 2023
Post category:Belgium Mexico The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Caroline Lamarche's La Chienne de Naha [The Bitch of Naha] . The book opens with a tale from the Triqui people (in Mexico)…

Brenda Lozano: Brujas (Witches)

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Post published:12 August 2022
Post category:Mexico The Modern Novel website Transgender Women
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The latest addition to my website is Brenda Lozano's Brujas (Witches). We follow the story of three Mexican women. Paloma is, in fact, a muxe, assigned male at birth but…

Salvador Elizondo: El hipogeo secreto (The Secret Crypt)

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Post published:5 August 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Salvador Elizondo's El hipogeo secreto (The Secret Crypt). The novel is about a writer called Salvador Elizondo who is writing a book called…

Juan Pablo Villalobos: La invasión del pueblo del espíritu (Invasion of the Spirit People)

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Post published:17 July 2022
Post category:Barcelona Immigration Mexico The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Juan Pablo Villalobos' La invasión del pueblo del espíritu (Invasion of the Spirit People) . Set in an unnamed city but almost certainly…

Fernanda Melchor: Paradais (Paradais)

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Post published:19 March 2022
Post category:Mexico The Modern Novel website Women
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The latest addition to my website is Fernanda Melchor's Paradais (Paradais). The novel is set in an exclusive gated community in Mexico. The sixteen-year old Polo has dropped out of…

Sergio Pitol: El desfile del amor (Love Parade)

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Post published:4 March 2022
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The latest addition to my website is Sergio Pitol's El desfile del amor (Love Parade). Miguel del Solar is a forty year old Mexican living in England but visiting Mexico…

Mario Bellatin: Salón de belleza (Beauty Salon)/Poeta ciego [Blind Poet]

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Post published:21 September 2021
Post category:Mexico Pandemic Peru The Modern Novel website
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< The latest addition to my website are two stories by Mario Bellatin. The first is a new translation of Salón de belleza (Beauty Salon) and the second an untranslated…

Javier Serena : Últimas palabras en la Tierra (Last Words on Earth)

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Post published:19 September 2021
Post category:Bolaño Mexico Spain The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Javier Serena's Últimas palabras en la Tierra (Last Words on Earth). This is a fictionalised account of a novelist called Ricardo Funes who…

Brenda Lozano: Cuaderno ideal (Loop)

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Post published:17 January 2021
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The latest addition to my website is Brenda Lozano's Cuaderno ideal (Loop). This is the story of a modern-day Penelope (from The Odyssey). Our thirty-year old Mexican woman lives with…

Juan Pablo Villalobos: No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea (I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me)

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Post published:30 April 2020
Post category:Barcelona Mexico The Modern Novel website
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The latest addition to my website is Juan Pablo Villalobos's No voy a pedirle a nadie que me crea (I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me). This is a brilliant…