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

Translator(s): Dolores J. Walker
Author: Manuel Ciges Aparicio
Original work: Del cautiverio
Publisher: University of Alabama
City: Tuscaloosa, AL
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 246 pp.
ISBN: 9780817317690
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "On Captivity" is the first translation into English of "Del Cautiverio," Manuel Ciges Aparicio's account of his imprisonment in the notorious La Cabana fortress in Havana during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98). Ciges… read more
Literary Genre: History, Personal narratives -- spanish
Author: Emilio Lascano Tegui
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Champaign, IL
Year of Publication: 2010
Number of pages: 174 pp.
ISBN: 9781564786043
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first English translation of the self-proclaimed 'Viscount' Emilio Lascano Tegui--a friend of Picasso and Apollinaire, and a larger-than-life eccentric in his own right --On Elegance While Sleeping is the macabre novel, part… read more
Literary Genre: Diary fiction, Experimental fiction, Fiction, Journaux intimes fictifs
Translator(s): Helen R. Lane
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
City: Jaffrey, NH
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 459 pp.
ISBN: 9781567925968
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Godine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981, to a front page New York Times review. Now reissued in softcover with a new introduction, the book, often mentioned in the same breath as Borges,… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Romans
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Rafael Chirbes
Original work: En la orilla
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 410 pp.
ISBN: 9780811222846
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) The novel "opens with the discovery of a rotting corpse in the marshes on the outskirts of Olba, Spain--a town wracked by despair after the burst of the economic bubble, and a microcosm of a world of defeat, debt, and… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Fiction
Translator(s): Linda J. Craft
Author: Manlio Argueta
Original work: Siglo de o(g)ro
Publisher: University Press of America
City: Lanham, MD
Year of Publication: 2007
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 239 pp.
ISBN: 9780761837862
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Once Upon a Time (Bomb) is a memoir of a young boy growing up in El Salvador. It tells the story of Alfonso Duque the Thirteenth, a youngster from a poverty-stricken family and a budding poet. Surrounded by hovering women -… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction
Translator(s): Achy Obejas
Author: Ena Lucía Portela
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin, TX
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 202 pp.
ISBN: 9780292722491
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One Hundred Bottles, with its intersecting characters and unresolved whodunits, can be read as a murder mystery. But it's really a survivor's story. In a voice that blends gossip, storytelling, and literature, Zthe vivacious… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Perennial Classics
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Number of pages: 458 pp.
ISBN: 9780060929794
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Probably García Márquez finest and most famous work. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive,… read more
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 417 pp.
ISBN: 9780060883287
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Number of pages: 417 pp.
ISBN: 9780060531041
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town is mirrored in the family history of the Buendias.
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Penguin
City: London
Year of Publication: 2000
Number of pages: 422 pp.
ISBN: 9780141184999
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and… read more
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2011
Number of pages: 417 pp.
ISBN: 9781435126053
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tells the story of the fictional Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2001
Number of pages: 458 pp.
ISBN: 0965018948
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement of a Nobel Prize winning career. The novel tells the story… read more
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Harper
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2014
Number of pages: 417 pp.
ISBN: 9780062380449
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and… read more
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: HarperLargePrint
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of pages: 541 pp.
ISBN: 9780060750763
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town is mirrored in the family history of the Buendias.
Literary Genre: Magic realism (literature), Epic fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Neil Davidson
Author: Carla Guelfenbein
Publisher: Other Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 130 pp.
ISBN: 9781590518724
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A poignant collage of stories of women young and old, this novel from an Alfaguara Prize-winning author explores passion, bad decisions, and the scars left by relationships over time. Margarita suspects that her husband is having… read more
Translator(s): Katherine Silver
Author: Daniel Sada
Original work: Una de dos
Publisher: Graywolf Press
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 100 pp.
ISBN: 9781555977245
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Identical twin spinsters, Gloria and Constitución Gamal, enjoy their successful tailoring business in rural Mexico and take particular thrills in confusing people. When a new suitor arrives, one sister decides she wants all the… read more
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Literary Genre: Romance fiction, Domestic fiction, Fiction, Love stories
Translator(s): Alfred J. Mac Adam
Author: Luis Manuel Ruiz
Original work: Sólo una cosa no hay
Publisher: Grove Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 308 pp.
ISBN: 0802117309
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Grieving the loss of her husband and child, Alicia is haunted by surreal nighmares that start to appear in her waking world, a situation that causes her to question her sanity and the sincerity of her support network.
Literary Genre: Horror tales, Paranormal fiction, Psychological fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Fiction, Mystery fiction
Translator(s): Andrés Alfaro
Author: Manel Loureiro
Original work: Fulgor
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 340 pp.
ISBN: 9781503941915
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) AAfter a tragic car accident shatters her body and mind, Cassandra struggles to piece together her life as a respected psychiatrist and devoted mother. But the accident has changed her. Her eyes have been opened to horrors she… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Thrillers (fiction)
Title: Op Oloop
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Juan Filloy
Original work: Op oloop
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Champaign, IL
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 251 pp.
ISBN: 9781564784346
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Mr. Optimus Oloop is a Finnish statistician living in Buenos Aires. His life runs according to a methodical and rigid schedule, with everything - from his meals down to his visits to the city brothels - timed to the minute.… read more
Title: Open Heart
Translator(s): Adrian Nathan West
Author: Elvira Lindo
Publisher: Other Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2023
Number of pages: 359 pp.
ISBN: 9781635422528
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Following the rise and fall of a great love, this intimate family novel is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War. In Open Heart, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents… read more
Literary Genre: Autobiographical fiction, Fiction, Novels, Romans