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 Scroll of Seduction
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Gioconda Belli
Original work: El pergamino de la seducción
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 332 pp.
ISBN: 9780060833138
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Drawn to sixteen-year-old Lucia during a visit to Madrid's Prado museum, art historian Manuel draws parallels between Lucia and Juana the Mad, the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose story Lucia and Manuel find… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Romance fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction

Title: The Scroll of Seduction
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Gioconda Belli
Original work: El pergamino de la seducción
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 325 pp.
ISBN: 0060833122
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Drawn to sixteen-year-old Lucia during a visit to Madrid's Prado museum, art historian Manuel draws parallels between Lucia and Juana the Mad, the daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, whose story Lucia and Manuel find… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Romance fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction

Title: The Seamstress and the Wind
Translator(s): Rosalie Knecht
Author: César Aira
Original work: Costurera y el viento
Publisher: New Directions Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 132 pp.
ISBN: 9780811219129
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A seamstress who is sewing a wedding dress for the pregnant local art teacher fears that her son, while playing in a big semitruck, has been accidentally kidnapped and driven off to Patagonia. Completely unhinged, she calls a… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: César Aira ; translated by Rosalie Knecht.
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, Humorous fiction, Fables

Title: The Secret Book of Frida Kahlo
Translator(s): Achy Obejas
Author: F. G. Haghenbeck
Original work: El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo
Publisher: Atria Paperback
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 354 pp.
ISBN: 9781451632835
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In a rich, luscious style bordering on magical realism, Haghenbeck takes readers on an intriguing ride through Frida's life, including her long and tumultuous relationship with her lover Diego Rivera, the development of her… read more

Title: The Secret Crypt
Translator(s): Joshua Pollock
Author: Salvador Elizondo
Original work: El hipogeo secreto
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: McLean, IL
Year of Publication: 2018
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 128 pp.
ISBN: 9781628972917
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Originally published in 1968, The Secret Crypt is something of a cult classic in Mexican literature. Elizondo's impassioned, breathless prose launches the reader into a labyrinth that is also a hall of mirrors. Here, we find a… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Salvador Elizondo ; translated by Joshua Pollock.

Title: The Secret Gardens of Mogador : Voices of the Earth
Translator(s): Rhonda Lee Dahl Buchanan
Author: Alberto Ruy Sánchez
Original work: Los jardines secretos de Mogador : voces de tierra
Publisher: White Pine Press
City: Buffalo, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 188 pp.
ISBN: 9781893996991
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An erotic painter of dreams, who fuses the most unblemished sensuality with the most transparent spirituality.
Literary Genre: Literatura hispanoamericana- -- méxico

Title: The Secret History of Costaguana
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Historia secreta de Costaguana
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 283 pp.
ISBN: 9781594488030
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, who reveals his integral role in the classic's writing and who pens his own version of events against a backdrop of a flourishing… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Miscellaneous fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, Romans

Title: The Secret History of Costaguana
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Historia secreta de Costaguana
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2011
Number of pages: 283 pp.
ISBN: 9781594488030
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, who reveals his integral role in the classic's writing and who pens his own version of events against a backdrop of a flourishing… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Miscellaneous fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, Romans

Title: The Secret History of Costaguana
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Historia secreta de Costaguana
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 305 pp.
ISBN: 9781594485824
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, who reveals his integral role in the classic's writing and who pens his own version of events against a backdrop of a flourishing… read more

Title: The Secret in Their Eyes
Translator(s): John Cullen
Author: Eduardo A. Sacheri
Original work: Pregunta de sus ojos
Publisher: Other Press
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2011
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 384 pp.
ISBN: 9781590514504
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Benjamín Chaparro is a retired detective still obsessed by the brutal, decades-old rape and murder of a young married woman in her own bedroom. While attempting to write a book about the case, he revisits the details of the… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: by Eduardo Sacheri ; translated by John Cullen.
Literary Genre: Noir fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction

Title: The Secret in Their Eyes
Translator(s): John Cullen
Author: Eduardo A. Sacheri
Original work: El secreto de sus ojos
Publisher: Other Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 384 pp.
ISBN: 9781590517901
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Retired detective Benjamín Chaparro is still obsessed by the decades-old rape and murder of a young married woman in her own bedroom. As he revisits the case, he also recalls the beginning of his long, unrequited love for Irene… read more

Title: The Secret of Evil
Translator(s): Chris Andrews, Natasha Wimmer
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Original work: El secreto del mal
Publisher: New Directions Pub.
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 144 pp.
ISBN: 9780811218153
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A collection of short fiction gathers everything the author was working on before his death, including a story about a North American journalist receiving a mysterious call and a woman's recounting of the loss of her virginity.… read more
Literary Genre: Translations into english, Short stories, Translations, Nouvelles

Title: The Secret of Evil
Translator(s): Chris Andrews, Natasha Wimmer
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Original work: El secreto del mal
Publisher: Picador
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2012
Number of pages: 144 pp.
ISBN: 0330510657
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A treasury of posthumous Bolano stories.Contents:               Preliminary note -- Colonia Lindavista -- The secret of evil -- The old man of the mountain -- The colonel's son -- Scholars… read more
Literary Genre: Translations into english, Short stories, Translations, Nouvelles

Title: The Secret Supper
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel
Author: Javier Sierra
Original work: La cena secreta
Publisher: Washington Square Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 329 pp.
ISBN: 9780743287654
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1497 Milan, a Papal Inquisitor seeks to confirm, or deny, the messages of the "Soothsayer," who alleges that Leonardo Da Vinci is a heretic and has hidden heretical messages in his painting of The Last Supper. 
Literary Genre: Christian fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Historical fiction, Fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Secret Supper
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel
Author: Javier Sierra
Original work: La cena secreta
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 329 pp.
ISBN: 0743287649
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Sent to oversee the completion of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper," Dominican inquisitor Fray Agustin Leyre investigates the artist's omission of key elements and use of symbolic imagery, which suggests that there is a coded message… read more
Literary Genre: Christian fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Historical fiction, Fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Secret Supper (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel
Author: Javier Sierra
Original work: La cena secreta
Publisher: Atria Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 533 pp.
ISBN: 9780739465417
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Sent to oversee the completion of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper," Dominican inquisitor Fray Agustin Leyre investigates the artist's omission of key elements and use of symbolic imagery, which suggests that there is a coded message… read more
Literary Genre: Christian fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Historical fiction, Fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Secret Supper (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Alberto Manguel
Author: Javier Sierra
Original work: La cena secreta
Publisher: Thorndike Press
City: Waterville, ME
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 503 pp.
ISBN: 9780786284672
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1497 a Dominican inquisitor is sent to Milan to supervise the final phase of the painting of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Never a conformist, da Vinci creates a masterpiece that raises questions that have yet to be… read more
Literary Genre: Christian fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Historical fiction, Fiction, Suspense fiction

Title: The Seven Madmen
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Roberto Arlt
Original work: Los siete locos
Publisher: New York Review of Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 249 pp.
ISBN: 9781590179147
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A weird wonder of Argentine and modern literature, a crucial work for Julio Cortázar ("If there's one person in my country I feel close to, it's Roberto Arlt"), The Seven Madmen begins when its hapless and hopeless hero, Erdosain… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: The Shadow of the Shadow
Translator(s): William I. Neuman
Original work: Sombra de la sombra
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
City: El Paso, TX
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 233 pp.
ISBN: 1933693002
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A motley group of men who meet to play dominoes in a 1922 Mexico City hotel bar witness a series of strangely related murders and begin to suspect a conspiracy involving the oil-rich lands of the Gulf Coast, greedy army officers… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, History

Title: The Shadow of the Strongman
Translator(s): Gustavo Pellón
Author: Martín Luis Guzmán
Original work: La sombra del caudillo
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 248 pp.
ISBN: 9781624666278
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) La sombra del Caudillo was first published in 1929 in Spain where Guzman had fled in 1923 and settled to avoid the wrath of Obregon and called for supporting Adolfo de la Huerta's candidacy for president. With this publication of… read more