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 Old Gringo
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Original work: Gringo viejo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Classics
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 199 pp.
ISBN: 0374530521
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American author, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers - particularly his encounter with one of Villa's… read more
Literary Genre: Historical fiction, Biographical fiction, Fiction, History

Title: The Old Gringo
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Original work: Gringo viejo
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2000
Number of pages: 199 pp.
ISBN: 9780374525224
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) The celebrated American writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce mysteriously disapeared in Mexico during its civil war. In this brilliant novel, Carlos Fuentes imagines the fate of Bierce among Pancho Villa's troops and dramatizes… read more
Literary Genre: Historical fiction, Biographical fiction, Fiction, History

Title: The One Before
Translator(s): Roanne L. Kantor
Author: Juan José Saer
Original work: La mayor
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 149 pp.
ISBN: 9781934824788
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A collection of a series of short pieces with two novellas, treating many of the same characters.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Novels

Title: The One-Handed Pianist and Other Stories
Translator(s): Ilan Stavans
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
City: Evanston, IL
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 196 pp.
ISBN: 9780810124608
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Haunting and enigmatic, these nine loosely connected stories are evidence of the growing field of Jewish-Latin American fiction. 'A Heaven Without Crows,' structured as a letter from Kafka to his friend Max Brod, details the… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: The Other Son of God
Translator(s): Henry J. Richards
Author: Nelson Estupiñán Bass
Original work: Al norte de Dios
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
City: North Charleston, SC
Year of Publication: 2013
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 141 pp.
ISBN: 9781480256200
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) The Other Son of God is the English version of Al norte de Dios (1994), the tenth novel by the renowned Ecuadorian writer, Nelson Estupinan Bass (1912-2002). The author situates the work within the realm of the fantastic, a… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Nelson Estupiñán Bass ; translated by Henry J. Richards.
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: The Oval Portrait: Contemporary Cuban Women Writers and Artists
Translator(s): Margaret Randall
Author: Soleida Ríos
Original work: El retrato ovalado
Publisher: Wings Press
City: San Antonio, TX
Year of Publication: 2018
Number of pages: 202 pp.
ISBN: 9781609405571
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Editor Soleida Ríos set a difficult task for herself and nearly three dozen other Cuban women writers, artists, and thinkers. She asked each to "choose a mask. With it she spins her story so that her own image appears in the… read more

Title: The Oxford Brotherhood
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel
Author: Guillermo Martínez
Original work: Los crímenes de Alicia
Publisher: Pegasus Crime
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2022
Number of pages: 278 pp.
ISBN: 9781643138770
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Mathematics student G is trying to resurrect his studies, which is proving difficult as he finds himself drawn into investigating a series of mysterious crimes. When Kristen, a researcher hired by the Lewis Carroll Brotherhood,… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery fiction

Title: The Oxford Murders
Translator(s): Sonia Soto
Author: Guillermo Martínez
Original work: Crímenes imperceptibles
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage
City: San Francisco, CA
Year of Publication: 2005
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 197 pp.
ISBN: 1596921501
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A paperback sensation in Argentina, Spain, and the United Kingdom, The Oxford Murders has been hailed as "a remarkable feat" (Time Out London) and its author as "one of Argentina's most distinctive voices" (The Times Literary… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction

Title: The Oxford Murders
Translator(s): Sonia Soto
Author: Guillermo Martínez
Original work: Crímenes imperceptibles
Publisher: Penguin Group
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 197 pp.
ISBN: 9780143037965
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) It begins on a summer day in Oxford, when a young Argentine graduate student finds his landlady-an elderly woman who helped crack the Enigma Code during World War II -murdered in cold blood. Meanwhile, a renowned Oxford logician… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction

Title: The Painter of Battles
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: El pintor de batallas
Publisher: Random House
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 211 pp.
ISBN: 9780812977301
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Andrés Faulques, a world-renowned war photographer, has retreated to a tower overlooking the Spanish coast, where he paints a vast mural incorporating the indelible images of conflict he’s witnessed in his lifetime.One night,… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction, Fictional work, Psychological fiction, Translations, Fiction, War stories, Romans

Title: The Painter of Battles
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: El pintor de batallas
Publisher: Random House
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 211 pp.
ISBN: 9781400065981
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction, Fictional work, Psychological fiction, Translations, Fiction, War stories, Romans

Title: The Painter of Battles
Translator(s): Margaret Sayers Peden
Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Original work: El pintor de batallas
Publisher: Random House
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 211 pp.
ISBN: 9781400065981
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction, Fictional work, Psychological fiction, Translations, Fiction, War stories, Romans

Title: The Palimpsests
Translator(s): Beth Bryer
Author: Aleksandra Lun
Original work: Los palimpsestos
Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
City: Boston, MA
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 105 pp.
ISBN: 9781567926521
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Przesnicki, an Eastern-European immigrant writer, has survived long toilet paper lines of communist Poland, the loss of his lover Ernest Hemingway following a passionate affair, and the beatings of the Antarctic literary… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction

Title: The Paris Enigma
Translator(s): Mara Lethem
Author: Pablo de Santis
Original work: Enigma de París
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 244 pp.
ISBN: 9780061479670
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Arriving in Paris for their inaugural meeting during the 1889 World's Fair, an exclusive society of the world's most renowned detectives wonders at the absence of its co-founding member, who has sent a secret message about a… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Pablo De Santis ; translated from Spanish by Mara Lethem.
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Historical fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction

Title: The Passion According to Carmela
Translator(s): Carolina De Robertis
Author: Marcos Aguinis
Original work: La pasión según Carmela
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2018
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 268 pp.
ISBN: 9781503905382
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) It is a time for upheaval in Cuba: the time to build a new society. Even from her position of privilege, idealistic divorcée Carmela Vasconcelos sees the waves of uprising and is caught up in the excitement. Persuaded by her… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, History, Political fiction, Romance fiction

Title: The Plain in Flames
Translator(s): Ilan Stavans, Harold Augenbraum
Author: Juan Rulfo
Original work: El llano en llamas, y otros cuentos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin, TX
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 122 pp.
ISBN: 9780292743854
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Juan Rulfo is one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Mexico, though he wrote only two books—the novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and the short story collection El llano en llamas (1953). First translated into English… read more
Literary Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Translations, Nouvelles

Title: The Plain in Flames = El Llano En Llamas
Translator(s): Ilan Stavans, Harold Augenbraum
Author: Juan Rulfo
Original work: El llano en llamas, y otros cuentos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin, TX
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 122 pp.
ISBN: 9780292725836
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Juan Rulfo is one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Mexico, though he wrote only two books: the novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and the short story collection El llano en llamas (1953). First translated into English in… read more
Literary Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Translations, Nouvelles

Title: The Plain in Flames = El Llano en Llamas
Translator(s): Ilan Stavans, Harold Augenbraum
Author: Juan Rulfo
Original work: El llano en llamas, y otros cuentos
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin, TX
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 122 pp.
ISBN: 9780292725836
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Juan Rulfo is one of the most important writers of twentieth-century Mexico, though he wrote only two booksthe novel Pedro Páramo (1955) and the short story collection El llano en llamas (1953). First translated into English in… read more
Literary Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Translations, Nouvelles

Title: The Planets
Translator(s): Heather Cleary
Author: Sergio Chejfec
Original work: Los planetas
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 227 pp.
ISBN: 9781934824399
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A mysterious explosion turns the narrator's thoughts to a missing childhood friend and their friendship.
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: The Poet's Wedding
Translator(s): Susan Giersbach-Rascón
Author: Antonio Skármeta
Original work: La boda del poeta
Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Number of pages: 288 pp.
ISBN: 9781566492492
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) At the end of the 19th century, a successful store owner, Stamos Marikanis, marries GemaUs most beautiful woman. But his bride dies in a bizarre accident. Twenty years later, Stamos comes back to life in the form of Jeronimo… read more