Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in
Spanish in the last ten years. 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 brother she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret messages - one
from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld. Signs Preceding the End of the World is
one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. 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 brother she is smuggled into the
USA carrying a pair of secret messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican
underworld. Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be
published in Spanish in the last ten years. 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 brother she is smuggled into the USA carrying a pair of secret
messages - one from her mother and one from the Mexican underworld.
