Migration – The Modern Novel

Xue Yiwei: 希拉里, 密和, 我 (Celia, Misoka, I)

24 March 2022 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Xue Yiwei‘s 希拉里, 密和, 我 (Celia, Misoka, I). Our unnamed narrator is from China. He, his wife and daughter had migrated from China to Montreal, nominally to get a better education for the daughter. It had not worked out. The marriage was not happy and the wife could … Read more

Emiliano Monge: Las tierras arrasadas (Among the Lost)

8 December 2018 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Emiliano Monge‘s Las tierras arrasadas (Among the Lost), an unremittingly grim Mexican novel about migration. We follow a day in the life of people traffickers in Southern Mexico, who capture migrants and use them as slave labour. The two main characters – Epitafio and Estela (Spanish for grave … Read more