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): Andrew Hurley
Author: Zoé Valdés
Original work: Querido primer novio
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2002
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 291 pp.
ISBN: 0060199725
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One of Cuba's most imaginative young writers presents this tale of one woman's spiritual and sexual reawakening, and a devastating portrayal of the Castro regime. In sensuous language, Valds renders day-to-day life in both urban… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Romans
Translator(s): Andrew Hurley
Author: Zoé Valdés
Original work: Querido primer novio
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Number of pages: 291 pp.
ISBN: 9780060959098
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The numbing rhythm of daily life in poverty-stricken Havana had deadened Danae's mind and spirit. In search of her first true love, Danae returns to the countryside of her adolescence, where the government of Fidel Castro had… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Romans
Translator(s): Rolando Hinojosa
Author: Rolando Hinojosa
Original work: Mi querido Rafa
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
City: Houston, TX
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of pages: 255 pp.
ISBN: 9781558854567
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Available for the first time in a bilingual format, this addition to the Hinojosa's acclaimed Klail City Death Trap Series focuses on wealthy ranchers and their domination of the economic and political life of a small city on… read more
Author: Ana María Shua
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
City: Lincoln
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 164 pp.
ISBN: 9780803228078
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Ernesto, a man in a dystopic future Argentina, struggles to save his dying father from falling victim to the diabolical health-care system, only to learn that everyone is a patient. "In Death as a Side Effect, Ana… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Ana María Shua ; translated by Andrea G. Labinger.
Literary Genre: Dystopias, Science fiction, Fiction
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher: Picador
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 275 pp.
ISBN: 9780312427252
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a remote Andean village, three men have disappeared. Peruvian Army corporal Lituma and his deputy Tomás have been dispatched to investigate, and to guard the town from the Shining Path guerrillas they assume are responsible.… read more
Literary Genre: Political fiction, Suspense fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Mystery fiction
Translator(s): Jonathan Dunne
Author: Alicia Giménez Bartlett
Original work: Ritos de muerte
Publisher: Europa Editions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 300 pp.
ISBN: 9781933372549
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Petra Delicado, a Barcelona police inspector assigned to a desk job, returns to the homicide department to investigate the rapes of young girls by a serial rapist who only leaves a circular mark on his victims' forearms.
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Mayra Montero
Original work: Púrpura profundo
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 182 pp.
ISBN: 0060938218
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Distinguished music critic Agustin Caban has written for a San Juan newspaper all his life. Forced to retire, he continues to haunt its offices, encouraged by his former editor. Agustin is writing his memoirs, and his editor… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction
Author: José María Arguedas
Original work: Los ríos profundos
Publisher: Waveland Press
City: Prospect Heights, IL
Year of Publication: 2002
Number of pages: 248 pp.
ISBN: 9781577662440
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) José María Arguedas is one of the few Latin American authors who loved and described his natural surroundings, and he ranks among the greatest writers of any time and place. He saw the beauty of the Peruvian landscape, as well… read more
Title: Delirium
Translator(s): Natasha Wimmer
Author: Laura Restrepo
Original work: Delirio
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 320 pp.
ISBN: 0385519907
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Restrepo delves into the minds of four characters.… read more
Literary Genre: Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction, Fiction
Title: Delirium
Translator(s): Natasha Wimmer
Author: Laura Restrepo
Original work: Delirio
Publisher: Vintage Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2008
Number of pages: 320 pp.
ISBN: 9780307278043
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Restrepo delves into the minds of four characters.… read more
Literary Genre: Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction, Fiction
Translator(s): Desconocido/Unknown
Author: Mario Bellatin
Publisher: Editorial RM
City: Los Angeles, CA
Year of Publication: 2008
ISBN: 9786077515029
Translator(s): Jay Miskowiec
Author: Ana Clavel
Original work: Los deseos y su sombra
Publisher: Aliform Pub.
City: Minneapolis, MN
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 231 pp.
ISBN: 9780970765253
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Soledad awakes to find herself invisible, standing in the middle of Mexico City. Is she really invisible, or have others just stopped seeing her? Prisoner of her passions--to change identity, to be the object of someone's… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, mexican -- translations into english, Fiction, Psychological fiction
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Original work: Voluntad y la fortuna
Publisher: Random House
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 415 pp.
ISBN: 9781400068807
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The severed head of Josuãe Nadal, floating in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mexico, remembers his life, friends, enemies, and lovers, and his involvement in the drug trade and the corruption frequently encountered in his… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman.
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Fiction, Romance fiction
Translator(s): Steven J. Stewart
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Hanging Loose
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of pages: 143 pp.
ISBN: 9781931236386
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Before his death in 2000, Rafael Perez Estrada was one of contemporary Spain's most imaginative and unique writers. He created a body of work that often defies classification, crafting fantastic realities from myth, fable, and… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: Foolscap
City: Santa Cruz
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 38 pp.
ISBN: 9780981885322
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The large mastiff Berganza along with his mat-mate Cipión unexpectedly finds himself with the ability to speak. The two dogs have a lot to say and may have only one short night in which to say it, as it is unknown when this gift… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans
Translator(s): John C. Miller
Author: Fernando Molano Vargas
Original work: Un beso de Dick
Publisher: University Press of the South
City: New Orleans, LA
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of pages: 141 pp.
ISBN: 9781931948463
Translator(s): Jay Miskowiec
Author: Alejandro López
Original work: La asesina de Lady Di
Publisher: Aliform Pub.
City: Minneapolis, MN
Year of Publication: 2005
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 145 pp.
ISBN: 0970765266
Summary/Reviews: () With an afterword by David Link; translation edited by Luis Lemoine.
Literary Genre: Fiction
Translator(s): Dick Gerdes
Author: Guadalupe Rivera Marín
Original work: Diego el Rojo
Publisher: Arte Público Press
City: Houston, Texas
Year of Publication: 2004
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 296 pp.
ISBN: 9781558854345
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Charting his childhood before the Mexican Revolution through his years in a Europe immersed in the Bolshevik revolution, this vivid portrait offers a thorough examination of Diego Rivera's creative and intellectual evolution.… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction
Translator(s): Lawrence Schimel
Author: Mónica Montañés
Original work: Los distintos
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
City: Grand Rapids, MI
Year of Publication: 2022
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 79 pp.
ISBN: 9780802855985
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Between 1936 and 1939, a civil war raged across Spain. When fascist dictator Francisco Franco declared victory, he began to persecute everyone who had once opposed him. Spain became a country of secrets, where anyone who was… read more
Literary Genre: Illustrated works, War fiction, Juvenile works, History, Fiction, Historical fiction, Ouvrages illustrés
Title: Dinner
Translator(s): Katherine Silver
Author: César Aira
Original work: La cena
Publisher: New Directions Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 101 pp.
ISBN: 9780811221085
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) One Saturday night a bankrupt bachelor in his sixties and his mother dine with a wealthy friend. They discuss their endlessly connected neighbors. They talk about a mysterious pit that opened up one day, and the… read more
Literary Genre: Zombie fiction, Horror fiction, Paranormal fiction, Fiction