Yuri Herrera
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
A plague has brought death to the city. Two feuding crime families with blood on their hands need our hard-boiled hero, the Redeemer, to broker peace. Both his instincts and the vacant streets warn him to stay indoors, but the Redeemer ventures out into the city's underbelly to arrange for the exchange of the bodies they hold hostage.
Yuri Herrera's novel is a response to the violence of contemporary Mexico. With echoes of Romeo and Juliet, Roberto...
2) Kingdom Cons
Author
Pub. Date
20170613
Description
In the court of the "King," everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core.
Part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
"Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back. Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young woman who knows only too well how to survive in a violent, macho world. Leaving behind her life in Mexico to search for her...
Author
Series
Largo recorrido volume 40
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"Una epidemia paraliza el pas̕ pero propicia, a su vez, el encuentro entre una mujer deseada, La Tres Veces Rubia, y un hombre que desea, El Alfaqueque. Las palabras de éste parecen conseguir, calmar o sanarlo todo: producen fascinacin̤. Y hay algo en ľ demensajero y, tambiň, de ǹgel sin espada. Sju particular ťica organiza el mundo, un mundo tan lleno de contradicciones como de muerte. Por debajo de šta late, sin embargo, una pura vida que...