Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera

Author:Yuri Herrera
Language: eng, eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Fiction, Literary fiction, Novel, Translation, Translated fiction, Rite of passage, Spanish, Mexico, Latin America, USA, Rio Grande, Yuri Herrera, Juan Rulfo, Roberto Bolaño, Jesse Ball, Italo Calvino, Kafka, Kafkaesque, Makina, Underworld, People-smuggling, trafficking, Violence, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Undocumented workers, Machismo, Gender, Coyote, Coyotaje, Discrimination, Brother, Borderlands, Border crossing, Frontiers, Jobs in the US, Trabajos del Reino, Señales que precederán al fin del mundo, Signs Preceding the End of the World, La transmigración de los cuerpos, The Transmigration of Bodies
Publisher: And Other Stories Publishing
Published: 2015-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

Her brother had sent two or three messages back with assorted migrants on their way home. Two or three and not two, or three; Makina couldn’t say for sure because after the first one the one that followed and maybe one more were the same old story.

The first one said:

I haven’t found the land yet, but it won’t be long now, you’ll see.

Everything’s so stiff here, it’s all numbered and people look you in the eye but they don’t say anything when they do.

They celebrate here, too, but they don’t dance or pray, it’s not in honor of anyone. The only real big celebration is the turkey feast, which is a good one because all you do is eat and eat.

It’s really lonely here, but there’s lots of stuff. I’m going to bring you some when I come. I just have to take care of this and then I’ll be back, you’ll see.

The second one didn’t mention the country or the land or his plans. It said:

I’m fine, I have a job now.

And the third, if it existed, might’ve made the same claim, this way:

I said I was fine so stop asking.

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