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: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: Cien años de soledad
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

Title: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: Cien años de soledad
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

Title: One out of Two
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
Additional Information: Excerpt
Literary Genre: Romance fiction, Domestic fiction, Fiction, Love stories

Title: Only One Thing Missing
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

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 Your Eyes and Soar : Cuban Women Writing Now
Translator(s): Mary G. Berg
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: White Pine Press
City: Buffalo, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 188 pp.
ISBN: 9781893996649
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The ten writers in this volume rose to prominence in the last decade of the twentieth century. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba underwent a drastic economic contraction that brought about an explosion of feminine… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Operation Pedro Pan : The Exodus of Cuba's Children
Translator(s): Deborah Ann Dougherty
Author: Josefina Leyva
Original work: Operación Pedro Pan : el éxodo de los niños cubanos
Publisher: University Press of the South
City: New Orleans, LA
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 258 pp.
ISBN: 1882721012
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Operation Pedro Pan opened the door to the United States for more than fourteen thousand unaccompanied Cuban children. How did this come to be called Operation Pedro Pan? It was important from the very beginning that we in Miami… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: Ophelia's Voice
Translator(s): Anne M. Pasero
Author: Clara Janés
Original work: La voz de Ofelia
Publisher: University Press of the South, Inc.
City: New Orleans, LA
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 122 pp.
ISBN: 9781937030032
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) 'Was it an intuition that made me select -- I think at the beginning of my adolescence – a form of approach to life linked to English literature through Shakespeare? And can one talk in this case of literature? I think not, I… read more

Title: Ophelias = Ofelias
Translator(s): Dick Cluster
Author: Aida Bähr
Original work: Ofelias
Publisher: Cubanabooks
City: Chico, CA
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 1 pp.
ISBN: 9780982786024
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) The crisp tension in this daring collection of short stories—with both the original Spanish and flawless English renditions—reveals a darker side of Cuban reality. One woman wakes up to find an unknown man fast asleep by her… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: Optic Nerve
Translator(s): Thomas Bunstead
Author: María Gainza
Original work: El nervio óptico
Publisher: Catapult
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 193 pp.
ISBN: 9781948226165
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The narrator of Optic Nerve is an Argentinian woman whose obsession is art. The story of her life is the story of the paintings, and painters, who matter to her. Her intimate, digressive voice guides us through a gallery of… read more
Literary Genre: Autobiographical fiction, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Title: Ordesa
Translator(s): Andrea Rosenberg
Author: Manuel Vilas
Original work: Ordesa
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 291 pp.
ISBN: 9780593084045
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) It seemed to me the state of my soul was a blurry memory of something that had occurred in a place in northern Spain called Ordesa... A man at a crossroads in midlife considers the place where he's from, where his parents have… read more
Literary Genre: Autobiographical fiction, Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: Ornamental
Translator(s): Lizzie Davis
Author: Juan Sebastián Cárdenas
Original work: Ornamento
Publisher: Coffee House Press
City: Minneapolis, MN
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 124 pp.
ISBN: 9781566895804
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Ornamental is Juan's third novel, but it will be his first translated into English. It follows a scientist who recruits a group of volunteers for the trial of a new recreational drug that only affects women. Among them is "number… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: Ostrich Legs
Translator(s): David E. Davis
Author: Alicia Kozameh
Original work: Patas de Avestruz
Publisher: Wings Press
City: San Antonio, TX
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 192 pp.
ISBN: 1609402480
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Partially autobiographical, this is a masterpiece of introspective, linguistically innovative fiction about the relationship between two sisters, one severely handicapped, the other gifted yet overlooked. Mariana is four years… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, General info: other format available: print version:; kozameh, alicia, 1953-; patas de avestruz english; ostrich legs; san antonio, tx : wings press, 2012

Title: Our Lady of the Circus
Translator(s): Patricia J. Duncan
Author: David Toscana
Original work: Santa María del Circo
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2001
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 244 pp.
ISBN: 9780312271169
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Acclaimed Mexican writer David Toscana's second novel is a whimsical and dark tale of a group of circus performers who are seduced by the idea of living like ordinary people.

Title: Our Lady of the Night
Translator(s): Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Author: Mayra Santos-Febres
Publisher: Harper Perennial
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 356 pp.
ISBN: 9780061731303
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Born into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status - armed with incredible physical presence,… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Mayra Santos-Febres ; translated from Spanish by Ernesto Mestre-Reed.
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: Our Lives are the Rivers
Translator(s): Jaime Manrique
Author: Jaime Manrique
Original work: Nuestras vidas son los ríos
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 352 pp.
ISBN: 9780060820701
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow… read more

Title: Our Lives are the Rivers
Translator(s): Jaime Manrique
Author: Jaime Manrique
Original work: Nuestras vidas son los ríos
Publisher: Rayo
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 352 pp.
ISBN: 9780060820701
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow… read more

Title: Out in the Open
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Jesús Carrasco
Original work: Intemperie
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 226 pp.
ISBN: 9781594634369
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars. A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Dystopian fiction, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Title: Out of Their Minds : The Incredible and (Sometimes) Sad Story of Ramón and Cornelio
Translator(s): John William Byrd
Author: Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
Original work: Idos de la mente : la increíble y a veces triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
City: El Paso, TX
Year of Publication: 2013
Number of pages: 167 pp.
ISBN: 9781935955566
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) amon and Cornelio are best friends, driven by boredom as teenagers to start a band. Not just any band. A norteño band, playing God's favorite music. God even pitches in to write the songs. Success, disaster and good music follow.

Title: Outlaws
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Javier Cercas
Original work: Las leyes de la frontera
Publisher: Bloomsbury
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 369 pp.
ISBN: 1620403250
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Decades after sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas becomes the partner-in-crime of two charistmatic rebels, Ignacio, now a successful defense lawyer, encounters his former comrades and falls under their spell again.
Literary Genre: Legal stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories