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: Like a Bride / Like a Mother
Translator(s): Dick Gerdes
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
City: Albuquerque, NM
Year of Publication: 2013
Number of pages: 573 pp.
ISBN: 9780826323644
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) These two autobiographical novels lay bare the life journey of a Mexican Jewish woman reconciling herself with a Sephardic background, her parents' dictates, and her husband's and family's expectations. The only constant in her… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Like a Fading Shadow
Translator(s): Camilo A. Ramirez
Author: Antonio Muñoz Molina
Original work: Como la sombra que se va
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 312 pp.
ISBN: 9780374126902
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) A hypnotic novel intertwining the author's past with James Earl Ray's attempt to escape after shooting Martin Luther King Jr"-- 1968. After shooting Martin Luther King Jr., James Earl Ray has evaded authorities, driven to… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction, Historical fiction, Biographical fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Fiction

Title: Like Flies from Afar
Translator(s): Adrian Nathan West
Author: Enrique Ferrari
Original work: Que de lejos parecen moscas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 204 pp.
ISBN: 9780374239947
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Luis Machi is an Argentinian oligarch who made his fortune collaborating with the worst elements of society. He has a cocaine habit, a collection of three hundred ties, ten million dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in… read more
Literary Genre: Black humor, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Suspense fiction, Argentine fiction -- translations into english, Humour noir

Title: Like Flies from Afar
Translator(s): Adrian Nathan West
Author: Enrique Ferrari
Original work: Que de lejos parecen moscas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2018
Number of pages: 204 pp.
ISBN: 0374239940
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A loathsome and hilarious Argentinian oligarch, innocent of nothing except murder, finds an unidentifiable corpse handcuffed in the trunk of his car, and must find a way to keep out of jail.
Literary Genre: Black humor, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Suspense fiction, Argentine fiction -- translations into english, Humour noir

Title: Lilus Kikus and Other Stories
Translator(s): Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
City: Albuquerque, NM
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of pages: 127 pp.
ISBN: 9780826335821
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Lilus Kikus, was erroneously first labeled a children's book because it had a young girl as protagonist, it included illustrations, and the author was an unknown woman. Accompanying Lilus Kikus in this first American edition are… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Literary Works By 10 Dominican Women
Translator(s): Kadiri J. Vaquer Fernandez
Author: Kianny N. Antigua
Original work: 10 dominicanas de letras : homenaje & antología
Publisher: DWA Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Number of pages: 137 pp.
ISBN: 9781737246732
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Literary Works by 10 Dominican Women is an ode and an incentive. This book brings together ten transcendental Dominican women writers who have lived or live outside of the Dominican Republic. They are: Camila Henríquez Ureña,… read more

Title: Little Bird
Translator(s): Lily Meyer
Author: Claudia Ulloa Donoso
Original work: Pajarito
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
City: Dallas, TX
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 143 pp.
ISBN: 9781646050659
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) After leaving Peru to pursue graduate school north of the Arctic circle, Claudia Ulloa Donoso began blogging about insomnia. Not hers, necessarily - the blog was never defined as fact or fiction. Her blog posts became the bones… read more

Title: Little Eyes
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Samanta Schweblin
Original work: Kentukis
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 241 pp.
ISBN: 9780525541363
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of… read more
Literary Genre: Dystopian fiction, Fiction, Horror fiction, Science fiction, Dystopias

Title: Little Eyes
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Samanta Schweblin
Original work: Kentukis
Publisher: Oneworld
City: London
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 241 pp.
ISBN: 9781786078612
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) They're not pets. Not ghosts or robots. These are kentukis, and they are in your home. They're everywhere. They're watching you... They've infiltrated apartments in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Sierra Leone, town… read more
Literary Genre: Dystopian fiction, Fiction, Horror fiction, Science fiction, Dystopias

Title: Little Indiscretions
Translator(s): Chris Andrews
Author: Carmen de Posadas
Original work: Pequeñas infamias
Publisher: Random House
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 305 pp.
ISBN: 0375508856
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When pastry chef Nestor Chaffino turns up dead at a party at the mansion of art dealer Ernesto Teldi, the party guests all become suspects in the crime when it turns out that Nestor was threatening to reveal some dark secrets.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Humorous fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Romans

Title: Little Indiscretions (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Chris Andrews
Author: Carmen de Posadas
Original work: Pequeñas infamias
Publisher: Thorndike Press
City: Waterville, ME
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of pages: 408 pp.
ISBN: 0786260920
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When a pastry chef is found dead in a walk-in freezer in the midst of a party he's catering, there is no shortage of suspects.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Humorous fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Romans

Title: Little Joy : Selected Stories
Translator(s): Jacob Steinberg
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Semiotext(e)
City: South Pasadena, CA
Year of Publication: 2021
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 197 pp.
ISBN: 9781635901405
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Poet, writer and translator Cecilia Pavón emerged in the late 1990s as one of the most prolific and central figures of the young Argentine literary scene--the so-called "Generation of the 90s": artists and writers whose… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Little Nation & Other Stories
Translator(s): Adam Spires
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Arte Público Press
City: Houston, TX
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 178 pp.
ISBN: 9781558858015
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "I'm sick of you punks," Micaela said. "And I'm warning you now. I'm going to get you for that murder!" In the title story, the Latino community in East L.A. suffers horrible gang-related violence. Children are killed in the… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Loose Threads
Translator(s): Lawrence Schimel
Author: Isol
Original work: La costura
Publisher: Enchanted Lion
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2024
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 76 pp.
ISBN: 9781592703920
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Leilah lives in an idyllic village, where everything has its place. It's as beautiful and perfect as the scenes in her grandmother's embroidery. But some believe that just on the flipside of this orderly village lies the Other… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Isol Misenta ; translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel.
Literary Genre: Picture books

Title: Loquela
Translator(s): Will Vanderhyden
Author: Carlos Labbé
Original work: Locuela
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 192 pp.
ISBN: 9781940953243
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) "Begins to fuck with your head from its very first word."--Toby Litt. "Navidad & Matanza could be the hallucinogenic amalgamation of a César Aira plot with setting and characters conceived by Bolaño--if written using Oulipo-… read more
Literary Genre: Experimental fiction, Mystery fiction, Love stories

Title: Lord of All the Dead
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Javier Cercas
Original work: El monarca de las sombras
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 269 pp.
ISBN: 9780525520900
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire… read more
Literary Genre: Nonfiction novels, Historical fiction, Biographical fiction, Fiction, History, Romans documentaires

Title: Los Territorios Ausentes = Missing Territories
Translator(s): Desconocido/Unknown
Author: Uriel Quesada
Original work: Los territorios ausentes = Missing territories
Publisher: Arte Público Press
City: Houston, TX
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 414 pp.
ISBN: 9781558859265
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Sketching fresh interpretations of the sociocultural landscape of the United States, reowned Costa Rican author Uriel Quesada follows characters dealing with bureaucracy and business efficiency, corruption and abuse, all in vivid… read more

Title: Losing is What Matters
Translator(s): Allen Young
Author: Manuel Pérez Subirana
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Victoria, TX
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 151 pp.
ISBN: 9781564788665
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When his marriage and career fall apart, a young lawyer sets out on a desperate mission to recapture the promise of his youth. His attempt leaves him stranded between a past he no longer recognizes and a life that's no longer his… read more
Literary Genre: Romance fiction, Fiction, Love stories

Title: Lou Reed Was Spanish
Translator(s): William F. Blair
Author: Manuel Vilas
Original work: Lou Reed era español
Publisher: Song Bridge Project
City: Iowa City, IA
Year of Publication: 2022
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 218 pp.
ISBN: 9780999754986
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A travel book and a memoir, this crazy reconstruction of biographical chapters of a rock star is also a rough and tender reconstruction of biographical episodes of poetry. It is both prose and music. A long love letter from a… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Biographical fiction, Autobiographical fiction

Title: Love in the Time of Cholera
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Original work: El amor en los tiempos del cólera
Publisher: Vintage International
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 348 pp.
ISBN: 9781400034680
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years.
Literary Genre: Romance fiction, Love stories, Fiction, Movie novels