Dalkey Archive Press has published a great anthology of contemporary Mexican literature. The selections are excellent but what makes it very special is that the entire anthology is bilingual (dual-language). This is your chance to brush off that High School Spanish and at the same time get a strong introduction into a fertile group of writers you might not know even existed. Here is the list of authors (and works) included in the anthology:
- Vivian Abenshushan (La cama de Lukin)
- Alvaro Enrigue (Sobre la muerte del auter)
- Eduardo Antonio Parra (Cuerpo presente)
- Cristina Rivera-Garza (Nostalgia)
- Jorge F. Hernádez (True Friendship)
- Ana García Bergua (Los conservadores)
- Rosa Beltrán (Shere-Sade)
- Enrique Serna (Tesoro viviente)
- Juan Villoro (Mariachi)
- Fabio Morábito (Los crucigramas)
- Francisco Hinojosa (La munda boca)
- Daniel Sada (El fenómeno ominoso)
- Guillermo Samperio (La mujer de la gabardina roja)
- Hernán Lara Zavala (A golpe de martillo)
- Héctor Manjarrez (Fin del mundo)
This is a big book and I might wager that your half-forgotten Spanish will get a major octane boost by the time you’re half-way through this book. Looks like a clear winner!
A Celebration of Reading 