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: The Insatiable Spider Man
Translator(s): John King
Author: Pedro Juan Gutiérrez
Original work: El insaciable hombre araña
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 163 pp.
ISBN: 9780786716654
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Pedro Juan's adventures with various women feature a kind of modulated macho: he's not particularly interested in any of them other than physically, especially wife Julia, but he's very good at articulating his boredom and their… read more

Title: The Insufferable Gaucho
Translator(s): Chris Andrews
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Original work: El gaucho insufrible
Publisher: New Directions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 164 pp.
ISBN: 9780811220538
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Contains five short stories and two essays by Chilean author Roberto Bolańo.
Literary Genre: Translations

Title: The Invented Part
Translator(s): Will Vanderhyden
Author: Rodrigo Fresán
Original work: La parte inventada
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 552 pp.
ISBN: 9781940953564
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An aging writer, disillusioned with the state of literary culture, attempts to disappear in the most cosmically dramatic manner: traveling to the Hadron Collider, merging with the God particle, and transforming into an… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Science fiction, Fiction

Title: The Invention of Morel
Translator(s): Ruth L. C. Simms
Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares
Original work: La invención de Morel
Publisher: New York Review Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 103 pp.
ISBN: 1590170571
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy's novella is a story of suspense and… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction

Title: The Invisible Guardian
Translator(s): Isabelle Kaufeler
Author: Dolores Redondo
Original work: El guardián invisible
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 2
Number of pages: 370 pp.
ISBN: 9781501102134
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Detective Amaia Salazar leads an investigation of the murder of two young women which takes her back to her village in the middle of Basque country where secrets, myths and superstitions await.
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Thrillers (fiction), Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Invisible Guardian
Translator(s): Isabelle Kaufeler
Author: Dolores Redondo
Original work: El guardián invisible
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: London
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 421 pp.
ISBN: 9780007525324
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztan. Less than 24 hours after this discovery, a link is made to the murder of another girl the month before. Is this the work of a ritualistic killer or of… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Thrillers (fiction), Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Irish Sea
Translator(s): Eric Kurtzke
Author: Carlos Maleno
Original work: Mar de Irlanda
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Victoria, TX
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 114 pp.
ISBN: 9781943150144
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) At a New Year's Eve party, a dead woman turns up alive again, after passing through a mysterious post-mortem way station located on another planet, and much to the disbelief of her old flame, who interprets the night's events… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Fantasy fiction

Title: The Island of Cundeamor
Translator(s): David E. Davis
Author: René Vázquez Díaz
Original work: La Isla del Cundeamor
Publisher: Latin American Literary Review Press
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 231 pp.
ISBN: 1891270044
Additional Information: Responsibility: by René Vázquez Díaz ; translated from the Spanish by David E. Davis.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Romans

Title: The Island of Eternal Love
Translator(s): Andrea G. Labinger
Author: Daína Chaviano
Original work: Isla de los amores infinitos
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 396 pp.
ISBN: 9781594483790
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An enchanting multigenerational epic of three families - from Africa, Spain, and China - and their bond to one another and the island they call home. Cecilia is alone in a city that haunts her. Life in Miami evokes memories of… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Historical fiction, Romans

Title: The Island of Eternal Love
Translator(s): Andrea G. Labinger
Author: Daína Chaviano
Original work: Isla de los amores infinitos
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 318 pp.
ISBN: 9781594489921
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) The Island of Eternal Love is an historical family saga with many plot lines and an atmosphere charged with mystery. 
Additional Information: Responsibility: Daína Chaviano ; translated from the Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger.
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Historical fiction, Romans

Title: The Islands
Translator(s): Ian Barnett
Author: Carlos Gamerro
Original work: Las islas
Publisher: And Other Stories
City: High Wycombe
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 547 pp.
ISBN: 9781908276087
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Buenos Aires, 1992. Hacker Felipe Félix is summoned to the vertiginous twin towers of magnate Fausto Tamerlán and charged with finding the witnesses to a very public crime. Rejecting the mission is not an option. After a decade… read more

Title: The Japanese Lover
Translator(s): Nick Caistor, Amanda Hopkinson
Author: Isabel Allende
Original work: El amante japonés
Publisher: Thorndike Press
City: Waterville, Maine
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 461 pp.
ISBN: 9781410483775
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the… read more
Literary Genre: Love stories, Historical fiction, Romance fiction, Chilean fiction -- 21st century -- translations into english, Fiction

Title: The Japanese Lover
Translator(s): Nick Caistor, Amanda Hopkinson
Author: Isabel Allende
Original work: El amante japonés
Publisher: Atria Paperback
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2016
Number of pages: 322 pp.
ISBN: 9781501116995
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war,… read more
Literary Genre: Love stories, Historical fiction, Romance fiction, Chilean fiction -- 21st century -- translations into english, Fiction

Title: The Japanese Lover
Translator(s): Nick Caistor, Amanda Hopkinson
Author: Isabel Allende
Original work: El amante japonés
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 321 pp.
ISBN: 9781501116971
Summary/Reviews: (From publisher description) From New York Times and internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende, an exquisitely crafted love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United… read more
Literary Genre: Love stories, Historical fiction, Romance fiction, Chilean fiction -- 21st century -- translations into english, Fiction

Title: The Journey
Translator(s): George Henson
Author: Sergio Pitol
Original work: El viaje
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
City: Dallas, TX
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 167 pp.
ISBN: 9781941920183
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Masterful storyteller and Cervantes Prize winner reflects on the power of literature and travel to change our lives. Introduction by Álvaro Enrigue.
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: The King's Gold
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: Oro del rey
Publisher: Plume
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 295 pp.
ISBN: 9780452295421
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protégé, Inigo Balboa, have returned: battle-weary, short of cash, and with few prospects for honest work. But the Spanish empire… read more
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction

Title: The King's Gold
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: Oro del rey
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 289 pp.
ISBN: 9780399155109
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protégé, Inigo Balboa, have returned: battle-weary, short of cash, and with few prospects for honest work. But the Spanish empire… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction

Title: The Kingdom of This World
Translator(s): Pablo Medina
Author: Alejo Carpentier
Original work: El reino de este mundo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 136 pp.
ISBN: 9780374537388
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) After its liberation from harsh French rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of great brutality under Henri Christophe, who was born a slave but rose to become the first black king in the Western Hemisphere. In this unnerving… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, History, Historical fiction, Romans

Title: The Kingdom of this World
Translator(s): Harriet De Onís
Author: Alejo Carpentier
Original work: El reino de este mundo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 180 pp.
ISBN: 9780374530112
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In this orgy of voodoo, race hatred, madness, and erotomania, Alejo Carpentier records the destruction of King Henri Christophe's black regime, which was built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, History, Historical fiction, Romans

Title: The Knots of Silence
Translator(s): Betsy Partyka
Author: Renée Ferrer
Original work: Los nudos del silencio
Publisher: University Press of the South
City: New Orleans, LA
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 260 pp.
ISBN: 9781937030285
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A vacation in Paris! It was supposed to be a glorious time to immerse herself in culture, go to concerts, visit museums and forget what she had given up. Instead, Malena finds herself in a seedy striptease joint, forced to… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction