Fuentes's Recommendations
Since Mexico is the guest of honor at the has a piece by Carlos Fuentes about five Mexican authors/books he thinks should be more well known.
The list includes works by Ignacio Padilla ( is a really cool book), Pedro Angel Palou (not translated into English), Cristina Rivera Garza (_No One Will See Me Cry_ is available from Curbstone), Xavier Velasco (also not translated into English), and Jorge Volpi ( came out from Simon & Schuster a few years ago, and we’ll be publishing Season of Ash this September).
Interesting list, although it’s sort of depressing how few books have been published in English from these Fuentes-endorsed writers . . . Hopefully that will change soon.
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