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: Paradise Travel
Translator(s): Katherine Silver
Author: Jorge Franco Ramos
Original work: Paraíso travel
Publisher: Picador
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 9780312425968
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant. This book recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from Medellín, Colombia, who agrees to accompany… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: Paradise Travel
Translator(s): Katherine Silver
Author: Jorge Franco Ramos
Original work: Paraíso travel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 0374229775
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) From one of Colombia's leading novelists, a tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant Paradise Travel recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: Paradiso
Translator(s): Gregory Rabassa
Author: José Lezama Lima
Original work: Paradiso
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Normal, IL
Year of Publication: 2000
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 466 pp.
ISBN: 156478228X
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Tells the story of Jose Cemi, who, in the wake of his father's premature death, comes of age in turn-of-the-century Cuba.
Literary Genre: Lesbian fiction, Romans, Nouvelles

Title: Passion
Translator(s): Rosemary Peele
Author: Florencia Bonelli
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
City: Las Vegas, NV
Year of Publication: 2013
Number of pages: 627 pp.
ISBN: 9781477849491
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Helping suffering children of the war-torn Congo has long been a dream for pediatric surgeon Matilde Martinez. When the opportunity arises, she must leave Paris―and the recent heartache of love lost―to take it. Professional… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Romantic suspense fiction

Title: Passionate Nomads
Translator(s): Brett Alan Sanders
Author: María Rosa Lojo de Beuter
Original work: La pasión de los nómades
Publisher: Aliform Publishing
City: Minneapolis, MN
Year of Publication: 2004
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 256 pp.
ISBN: 9780982278420
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Merlin the Magician and his ward the fairy Rosaura dos Carballos, daughter of Morgan Le Fey, depart their dusty castle in the Old World and set off on a journey through the modern Americas in search of the legendary Ranquel… read more
Literary Genre: Fantasy fiction, Fiction

Title: Pedro Páramo
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Juan Rulfo
Original work: Pedro Páramo
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin, TX
Year of Publication: 2002
Number of pages: 161 pp.
ISBN: 9780292771215
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Deserted villages of rural Mexico, where images and memories of the past linger like unquiet ghosts, haunted the imaginations of two artists--writer Juan Rulfo and photographer Josephine Sacabo. In one such village of the mind,… read more
Literary Genre: Mexican fiction, Romans

Title: People Like Us : Short Stories
Translator(s): Stephen A. Lytle
Author: Javier Valdés
Original work: Cuentos para baño
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 213 pp.
ISBN: 0743286464
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Darkly comic and highly entertaining, Javier Valdés's stories insinuate themselves in the unsuspecting reader like a heady brew with a strange kick. From the exploits of an urban vigilante to the erotic pleasures exacted from an… read more
Literary Genre: Short stories, latin american, Short stories

Title: Pepita Jiménez
Translator(s): Robert M. Fedorchek
Author: Juan Valera
Original work: Pepita Jiménez
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
City: Whitefish, MT
Year of Publication: 2011
Number of pages: 250 pp.
ISBN: 9781104278670

Title: Piano Stories
Translator(s): Luis Harss
Author: Felisberto Hernández
Original work: Nadie encendía las lámparas
Publisher: New Directions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 258 pp.
ISBN: 9780811221801
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Presents a collection of classic stories by the Uruguayan author, exploring the distortions of memory and the obssessions that can take over everyday life.Preface by Francine Prose; Introduction by Italo Calvino.
Literary Genre: Fiction, Short stories

Title: Pierced by the Sun
Translator(s): Jordi Castells
Author: Laura Esquivel
Original work: A Lupita le gustaba planchar
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 204 pp.
ISBN: 9781503954748
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Lupita hard-knock life has gotten the better of her time and time again. A childhood robbed of innocence set off a chain of events that she still has not managed to control, no matter how hard she tries. Every time she thinks she… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction

Title: Pig's Foot
Translator(s): Frank Wynne
Author: Carlos Acosta
Original work: Pata de puerco
Publisher: Bloomsbury
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 333 pp.
ISBN: 9781620400814
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Oscar Kortico, great-grandchild of the founders of a small hamlet in the Cuban hinterland, is a sardonic teller of tales--some taller than others--of slavery, revolution, family secrets, love, and identity that span three… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Translations, Fantasy fiction, Romans

Title: Pink Slime
Translator(s): Heather Cleary
Author: Fernanda Trías
Original work: Mugre rosa
Publisher: Scribner
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2024
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 222 pp.
ISBN: 9781668049778
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out… read more
Literary Genre: Horror fiction, Apocalyptic fiction, Fiction, Novels

Title: Pink Slime (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Heather Cleary
Author: Fernanda Trías
Original work: Mugre rosa
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
City: Waterville, ME
Year of Publication: 2024
Number of pages: 297 pp.
ISBN: 9781420518061
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food anyone… read more
Literary Genre: Horror fiction, Apocalyptic fiction, Fiction, Novels

Title: Pirates of the Levant
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: Corsarios de Levante
Publisher: Plume/Penguin
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 368 pp.
ISBN: 9780452297302
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Taking work as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon, Captain Alatriste, accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, participates in a grueling battle on the high seas that brings Íñigo's readiness for independence into… read more
Literary Genre: Adventure stories, Historical fiction, Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, History, Adventure fiction

Title: Pirates of the Levant
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: Corsarios de Levante
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 368 pp.
ISBN: 9780399156649
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Taking work as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon, Captain Alatriste, accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, participates in a grueling battle on the high seas that brings Íñigo's readiness for independence into… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Arturo Perez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Literary Genre: Adventure stories, Historical fiction, Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, History, Adventure fiction

Title: Platero and I
Translator(s): Antonio T. De Nicolás
Author: Juan Ramón Jiménez
Original work: Platero y yo
Publisher: ToExcel
City: Lincoln, NB
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 179 pp.
ISBN: 0595003451
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In this translated Spanish classic, Juan Ramón Jiménez tells his burro Platero about their native Andalusian village of Moguer. Their dialogue creates an evanescent portrait of provincial Spain--its streets, homes, animals,… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Juvenile works

Title: Please Talk to Me: Selected Stories
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel, Miranda France
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Yale University Press
City: New Haven, CT
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 203 pp.
ISBN: 9780300213706
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first short story collection in the Margellos series, from a master of the genre and an irrepressible critic during Argentina's brutal years of repression Acclaimed for the gemlike perfection of her short stories, Liliana… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Poetics of Wonder : Passage to Mogador
Translator(s): Rhonda Lee Dahl Buchanan
Author: Ramón Gómez de la Serna
Original work: Nueve veces el asombro : nueve veces nueve cosas que dicen de Mogador
Publisher: White Pine Press
City: Buffalo, NY
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 158 pp.
ISBN: 9781935210559
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) This undefinable book: poetry, short tales, and intellegence is written on the skin, like a ritual tattoo of desire.
Literary Genre: Translations

Title: Point of balance
Translator(s): Martin Michael Roberts
Author: Juan Gómez-Jurado
Original work: El paciente
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2015
ISBN: 9781476766980
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) In this superbly written, nail-biting thriller, a top neurosurgeon is forced to choose between ending the life of the most important person in America or guaranteeing his own daughter's horrifying death.
Literary Genre: Medical novels, Suspense fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Fiction

Title: Point of Balance: a Thriller
Translator(s): Martin Michael Roberts
Author: Juan Gómez-Jurado
Original work: El paciente
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 356 pp.
ISBN: 9781476766980
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) In this superbly written, nail-biting thriller, a top neurosurgeon is forced to choose between ending the life of the most important person in America or guaranteeing his own daughter's horrifying death.
Literary Genre: Medical novels, Suspense fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Fiction