On this page you can search for or list translations of Hispanic works into English published in the United States during the 21st century.

Title: Monsieur Pain
Translator(s): Chris Andrews
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Original work: Monsieur Pain
Publisher: New Directions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 144 pp.
ISBN: 9780811218894
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A Bolaño classic. The Peruvian poet César Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness and unable to stop hiccuping. His wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud: the mesmerist Pierre Pain… read more
Literary Genre: Paranormal fiction, Fiction, Occult fiction

Title: Monsieur Pain
Translator(s): Chris Andrews
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Original work: Monsieur Pain
Publisher: New Directions Book
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 134 pp.
ISBN: 9780811217149
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness, when his wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud: the Mesmerist Pierre Pain. Pain, a timid bachelor, is in… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Chris Andrews.
Literary Genre: Paranormal fiction, Fiction, Occult fiction

Title: Monstruary
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Julián Ríos
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
City: Evanston, IL
Year of Publication: 2002
Number of pages: 225 pp.
ISBN: 9780810119758
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Rios takes us into the eerie existence of the painter Victor Mons, who has created a series of works titled Monstruary, a menagerie of personal demons summoned from the disturbing and often erotic images of his past. We follow… read more
Literary Genre: Erotic fiction, Fiction, General info: other format available: online version:; ríos, julián; monstruario english; monstruary; 1st american ed; new york : a knopf, 2001; online version:; ríos,, Julián; monstruario english; monstruary; 1st american ed; new york : a knopf, 2001

Title: Monstruary
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Julián Ríos
Publisher: A. Knopf
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2001
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 225 pp.
ISBN: 0375408231
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Rios takes us into the eerie existence of the painter Victor Mons, who has created a series of works titled Monstruary, a menagerie of personal demons summoned from the disturbing and often erotic images of his past.
Additional Information: Responsibility: by Julián Ríos ; translated by Edith Grossman.
Literary Genre: Erotic fiction, Fiction, General info: other format available: online version:; ríos, julián; monstruario english; monstruary; 1st american ed; new york : a knopf, 2001; online version:; ríos,, Julián; monstruario english; monstruary; 1st american ed; new york : a knopf, 2001

Title: Montano's Malady
Translator(s): Jonathan Dunne
Author: Enrique Vila-Matas
Original work: El mal de Montano
Publisher: New Directions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 235 pp.
ISBN: 9780811216289
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) The narrator of Montano's Malady is a writer who is so obsessed with literature that he finds it impossible to distinguish between real life and fictional reality. Part picaresque novel, part intimate diary, part memoir and… read more
Literary Genre: Diary fiction, Bildungsromans, Translations, Journaux intimes fictifs

Title: Monteverde : Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist
Translator(s): Lawrence Schimel
Author: Lola Robles
Original work: El informe Monteverde
Publisher: Aqueduct Press
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2016
Number of pages: 92 pp.
ISBN: 9781619761179
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Terran scholar Rachel Monteverde journeys to Aanuk, a paradisiacal planet famous for both its beaches and the generosity and joy of life of its nomadic inhabitants. The Aanukiens are not the only people on the planet, however:… read more

Title: Mortal Flesh : The Last Hero of Pompeii
Translator(s): Ana Costa Alongi
Author: Ana Costa Alongi
Original work: Cuerpo mortal : el último héroe de Pompeya
Publisher: Sigillum Publishers
City: Mountain View, CA
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 322 pp.
ISBN: 9780983848561
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A young Roman aristocrat, spoiled and alcoholic, must face the worst catastrophe Pompeii has ever seen: the eruption of Vesuvius.Marcus has been educated to rise to the highest levels of the Senate. Still, his thirst for… read more

Title: Mortal Flesh : The Last Hero of Pompeii
Translator(s): Ana Costa Alongi
Author: Ana Costa Alongi
Original work: Cuerpo mortal : el último héroe de Pompeya
Publisher: Sigillum Publishers
City: Mountain View, CA
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 313 pp.
ISBN: 0983848564
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A young Roman aristocrat, spoiled and alcoholic, must face the worst catastrophe Pompeii has ever seen: the eruption of Vesuvius.Marcus has been educated to rise to the highest levels of the Senate. Still, his thirst for… read more

Title: Mother Nature
Translator(s): Walter Borenstein
Author: Emilia Pardo Bazán
Original work: La Madre Naturaleza
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
City: Lewisburg, PA
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 264 pp.
ISBN: 9780838757970
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Mother Nature is certainly Emilia Pardo Bazan's greatest contribution to the Realistic/ Naturalistic Spanish novel of her time, and represents her literary powers at the very height of her career as a writer. It has been said… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Love stories, Romans

Title: Mourning
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman, Daniel Hahn
Author: Eduardo Halfon
Original work: Duelo
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2018
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 155 pp.
ISBN: 9781942658443
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In Mourning, Eduardo Halfon's eponymous narrator travels to Poland, Italy, the U.S., and the Guatemalan countryside in search of secrets he can barely name. He follows memory's strands back to his maternal roots in Jewish Poland… read more
Literary Genre: Jewish fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Guatemalan fiction

Title: Mourning for Papá : A Story of a Syrian-Jewish Family in Mexico
Translator(s): Kay S. Garcia
Author: Jacobo Sefami
Original work: Los dolientes
Publisher: Floricanto Press
City: Mountain View, CA
Year of Publication: 2010
Number of pages: 239 pp.
ISBN: 9781888205312
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Using the death of the father as a point of departure, the novel is divided into ten chapters, a structure that is particularly effective because the chapters correspond to the ten days that begin on the Jewish New Year and end… read more

Title: Mouthful of Birds
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
City: London
Year of Publication: 2019
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 9781786076694
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The crunch of a bird's wing. Abandoned by the roadside, newlywed brides scream with rage as they are caught in the headlights of a passing car. A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers. Unearthly and unexpected, these… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mouthful of Birds : Stories
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 9780399184628
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A first English-language collection of stories by the Man Booker International Prize-finalist author of Fever Dream incorporates themes of high suspense, psychological tension, unearthly restlessness and distortions in reality.
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mouthful of Birds: Stories
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 9780399184635
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The crunch of a bird's wing. A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers. A crimson flash of blood across an artist's canvas. Spine-tingling and unexpected, unearthly and strange, the stories of Mouthful of Birds are… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mr. Witt Among the Rebels
Translator(s): Peter Chalmers Mitchell
Publisher: Kessinger Pub.
City: Whitefish, MT
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 367 pp.
ISBN: 9781432566944
Literary Genre: Fiction, History, Satirical literature

Title: Mrs. Murakami's Garden = Oto No-Murakami Monogatari
Translator(s): Heather Cleary
Author: Mario Bellatin
Original work: El jardín de la señora Murakami : oto no-Murakami monogatari
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
City: Dallas, TX
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 113 pp.
ISBN: 9781646050291
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An allegorical novel following the widowed keeper of a mysterious garden. When art student Izu's teacher asks her to visit the famous collection of Mr. Murakami, she publishes a firm rebuttal to his curation. Instead of… read more
Literary Genre: Allegories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Novels

Title: Multiple Choice
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Alejandro Zambra
Original work: Facsímil
Publisher: Penguin Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 101 pp.
ISBN: 9780143109198
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Named one of the best books of the summer by the Wall Street Journal, Elle, the Huffington Post and Purewow "Latin America's new literary star."--The New Yorker "Brilliant. Like a literary exercise for the mind, but strangely fun… read more
Literary Genre: Chilean fiction -- 21st century -- translations into english, Fiction, Experimental fiction

Title: Mundo Cruel : Stories
Translator(s): Suzanne Jill Levine
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 91 pp.
ISBN: 9781609804183
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Nine short stories that reveal the intimate world of a small community in Puerto Rico joined together by its transgressive sexuality. The stories explore the sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking nature of survival in a… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Murder in the Central Committee
Translator(s): Patrick Camiller
Author: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Original work: Asesinato en el comité central
Publisher: Melville House
City: Brooklyn, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 203 pp.
ISBN: 9781612190365
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "Why me?" asks Pepe Carvalho. "Because you're an ex-communist. Because you know who we are, what we're like, where we come from, and where we're going." At a meeting of the central committee of Spain's Communist Party, in a room… read more

Title: My Documents
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Alejandro Zambra
Original work: Mis documentos
Publisher: McSweeney's
City: San Francisco
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 241 pp.
ISBN: 9781940450520
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) My Documents is the latest work from Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer whose first novel was heralded as the dawn of a new era in Chilean literature, and described by Junot Díaz as "a total knockout." Now, in… read more
Literary Genre: Short stories, Translations, Vertalingen (vorm), Romans (teksten), Nouvelles