This is Not Miami

Melchor, Fernanda

ISBN 10: 0811228053 / ISBN 13: 9780811228053

Published by New Directions, 2023

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Synopsis:

A searing collection of true stories from “one of Mexico’s most exciting new voices” (The Guardian)

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE

Set in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating stories―spiraling from real events―that bleed together reportage and the author’s rich and rigorous imagination. These narrative nonfiction pieces probe deeply into the motivations of murderers and misfits, into their desires and circumstances, forcing us to understand them―and even empathize―despite our wish to simply label them monsters. As in her hugely acclaimed novels Hurricane Season and Paradais, Fernanda Melchor’s masterful stories show how the violent and shocking aberrations that make the headlines are only the surface ruptures of a society on the brink of chaos.

About the Authors: Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982, Fernanda Melchor is “one of Mexico’s most exciting new voices” (The Guardian). Her novel Hurricane Season was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.

SOPHIE HUGHES has translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including José Revueltas and Fernanda Melchor for New Directions.

Bibliographic Details

Title: This is Not Miami
Publisher: New Directions
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good