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: Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Sabina Berman
Original work: La mujer que buceó dentro del corazón del mundo
Publisher: Picador
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2013
Number of pages: 242 pp.
ISBN: 9780312556136
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Karen Nieto passed her earliest years a feral child, left alone to wander the vast beach property near her family failing tuna cannery in Mazatlan, Mexico. When her mother dies, Karen's long-kept family secret is revealed. What… read more

Title: Meditations on Quixote
Author: José Ortega y Gasset
Original work: Meditaciones del Quijote
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
City: Urbana, IL
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 192 pp.
ISBN: 0252068955
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) In Meditations on Quixote, Jose Ortega y Gasset presents a powerful case for integrating literature into experience. Through a series of "essays in intellectual love," Ortega explores the aim of philosophy: to carry a given… read more
Additional Information: Introduction and notes by Julián Marías.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Romans

Title: Melville
Translator(s): Will Vanderhyden
Author: Rodrigo Fresán
Original work: Melvill
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2024
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 308 pp.
ISBN: 9781960385161
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, his Grand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin, and his most beautiful journey—the crossing on foot of the frozen… read more
Literary Genre: Translations (documents), Novels

Title: Memories of Development : A Last Novel
Translator(s): Al Schaller
Author: Edmundo Desnoes
Original work: Memorias del desarrollo
Publisher: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue
City: Tempe, AZ
Year of Publication: 2013
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 202 pp.
ISBN: 9781931010900
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Memories of Development takes an intimate look at the long-term effects of exile and disillusion within the Cuban diaspora. Edmundo, a former revolutionary who immigrated long ago to the United States, now finds himself in his… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Edmundo Desnoes ; English translation by Al Schaller.
Literary Genre: Novels, Romans

Title: Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: Memoria de mis putas tristes
Publisher: Knopf
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2005
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 115 pp.
ISBN: 9781400044603
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Having decided to celebrate his ninetieth birthday by spending the night with a young virgin, an old man falls deeply in love for the first time in his life when he spots the girl at a local brothel.
Literary Genre: Miscellaneous fiction, Erotic fiction, Fiction, Romance fiction

Title: Memories of my Melancholy Whores
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: Memoria de mis putas tristes
Publisher: Vintage International
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 115 pp.
ISBN: 9781400095940
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel García Márquez's first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, "Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is… read more
Literary Genre: Miscellaneous fiction, Erotic fiction, Fiction, Romance fiction

Title: Memories of my Melancholy Whores (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: Memoria de mis putas tristes
Publisher: Random House
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of pages: 192 pp.
ISBN: 9780739325605
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An elderly journalist decides to celebrate 90th year in a grand way, giving himself a present that will make him feel like he's still alive: a young virgin. In the brothel of a picturesque town, the moment comes where he sees the… read more
Literary Genre: Miscellaneous fiction, Erotic fiction, Fiction, Romance fiction

Title: Memories of Underdevelopment : A Novel from Cuba
Translator(s): Al Schaller
Author: Edmundo Desnoes
Original work: Memorias del subdesarrollo
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Year of Publication: 2004
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 110 pp.
ISBN: 1891270184
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Malabre is a prosperous Havana businessman whose life has been appropriated by the Cuban revolution. Though his wife, family and friends flee the country in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs, he is forced to confront his… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, History, Romans

Title: Memory and Oblivion
Translator(s): Achy Obejas
Author: Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
Original work: Mi recuerdo es más fuerte que tu olvido
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2018
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 433 pp.
ISBN: 9781503903029
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Paloma Sánchez-Garnica's first novel to be translated into English is a beautiful, harrowing, and illuminating story of family betrayals and a last chance for forgiveness. Carlota Molina has a brilliant career as a judge in… read more
Literary Genre: Domestic fiction, Fiction

Title: Men of Maize
Translator(s): Gerald Martin
Author: Miguel Angel Asturias
Original work: Hombres de maíz
Publisher: Penguin Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2024
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 349 pp.
ISBN: 9780143138402
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Deep in the mountain forests of Guatemala, a community of indigenous Mayans-the "men of maize"-serves as stewards to sacred corn crops. When outsiders encroach on their territory and threaten to abuse the fertile land, they enter… read more
Literary Genre: Magic realist fiction, Novels

Title: Mephisto's Waltz : Stories
Translator(s): George Henson
Author: Sergio Pitol
Original work: Los mejores cuentos
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
City: Dallas, TX
Year of Publication: 2018
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 225 pp.
ISBN: 9781941920831
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Selected by the author, each story is a glimpse into the works that first gained Pitol his status as one of the greatest living Mexican writers and showcases the evolution of his unique literary style.
Literary Genre: Short stories

Title: Mestizo
Author: Ricardo Feierstein
Original work: Mestizo
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
City: Albuquerque
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 335 pp.
ISBN: 0826321151
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) First published in Argentina in 1994, this novel is a detective story in which the police try to solve an assassination and a lost man tries to reconstruct his identity. These two searches are set against the story of four… read more
Literary Genre: Argentine fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Title: Mexican Short Stories = Cuentos Mexicanos
Translator(s): Stanley Appelbaum
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Dover
City: Mineola, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 227 pp.
ISBN: 9780486465395
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-century literary trends, Mexico's writers crafted some of the most phenomenal prose fiction in Spanish America. This collection offers a rich sampling of significant Mexican short… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mexico : A Traveler's Literary Companion
Translator(s): C. M. Mayo
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Whereabouts Press
City: Berkeley, CA
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 238 pp.
ISBN: 9781883513153
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Mexico has long been the top travel destination for Americans. But until now, there has not been such a panoramic vision of Mexico offered by some of Mexico's finest contemporary writers of fiction and literary prose. Here are… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mexico : Sunlight & Shadows, Short Stories & Essays by Mexico Writers
Translator(s): Mikel Miller , Michael Hogan, Linton Robinson
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Egret Books
City: San Diego, CA
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 242 pp.
ISBN: 9781515232100
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A collection of ... fiction and non-fiction set in Mexico and written by contemporary authors, all but five of whom live full time in the country. The topics explore contrasts-- many extol life in Mexico's abundant sunlight--… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Mexique : A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War
Translator(s): Elisa Amado
Author: María José Ferrada
Original work: Mexique: el nombre del barco
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
City: Grand Rapids, MI
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
ISBN: 9780802855459
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children boarded a ship called the Mexique and sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War. This would just be a short stay, they thought. They'd be home in a few… read more
Literary Genre: Picture books, Fiction, History, Juvenile works, Livres d'images

Title: Mi País Inventado
Translator(s): Isabel Allende
Author: Isabel Allende
Original work: Mi país inventado : un paseo nostálgico por Chile
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Number of pages: 219 pp.
ISBN: 9780060545659
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The author explores the landscapes and people of her native country; recounts the 1973 assassination of her uncle, which caused her to go into exile; and shares her experiences as an immigrant in post-September 11 America.

Title: Microfictions
Translator(s): Steven J. Stewart
Author: Ana María Shua
Original work: Short stories. Selections
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
City: Lincoln
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 196 pp.
ISBN: 9780803220911
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Cinderella's sisters surgically modify their feet to win the prince's love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Ana María Shua ; translated by Steven J. Stewart.
Literary Genre: Translations

Title: Milena, Or, The Most Beautiful Femur in the World
Translator(s): Adrian Nathan West
Author: Jorge Zepeda Patterson
Original work: Milena, o, el fémur más bello del mundo
Publisher: Restless Books
City: Brooklyn, NY
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 411 pp.
ISBN: 1632061252
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When Milena's lover and protector, the chief of Mexico's most important newspaper, dies in her arms, she knows it's only a matter of time before the ruthless thugs behind the human-trafficking ring that kidnapped her from her… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Fiction, Thrillers (fiction)

Title: Missing Persons, Animals, and Artists
Translator(s): Daniel Shapiro
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
City: Chicago, IL
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 177 pp.
ISBN: 9780997228717
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Elegant prose and imaginative ironies bring these compelling short stories to life in this first English-language collection from Mexican author Roberto Ransom. Each of the ten stories is filled with fascinating, yet enigmatic… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english