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The Mysterious Last Days of the “Lieutenant Nun”

A real-life Spanish nun turned conquistador is the focus of a new novel by an Argentine writer.

Pola Oloixarac’s latest book highlights problems in the global movement.

A new novel brings to life the legendary Mexican president’s mysterious months in exile in New Orleans.

In a young Argentine literary standout’s new novel, the country’s Jewish past and present collide.

In Nicolás Medina Mora’s debut novel, a failed attempt at Americanization yields critical reflections on two North American elites.

Femicide—the killing of women—is the subject of Patrícia Melo’s experimental novel, set on the edge of the Brazilian rainforest.

A new translation revives Alejo Carpentier’s classic novel about the betrayal of promises for Caribbean liberation.

A new novel follows seniors left behind in a changing city, as they prepare to make a final, radical decision.

In a darkly humorous collection of stories and “crónicas,” the Mexican writer channels life in this chaotic port city.

An Argentine novel uses the supernatural to explore abuses of power in the country’s past and present.

A new translation of the Chilean writer’s debut novel raises the question: Does he live up to the hype?

Brazilian millennials love this writer from the 1980s—and his tender depictions of queer life in the big city.

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Mexican author Valeria Luiselli’s latest novel connects a family’s breakup to broader questions of fragmentation in the U.S. southwest.