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Human Matter

A Fiction

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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More than a decade ago, novelist Rodrigo Rey Rosa made his first visit to the Historical Archive of the Guatemala National Police, where millions of previously hidden records were being cataloged, scanned, and eventually published online. Bringing to light detailed evidence of crimes against humanity, the Archive Recovery Project inspired Rey Rosa to craft a meta-novel that weaves the language of arrest records and surveillance reports with the contemporary journal entries of a novelist (named Rodrigo) who is attempting to synthesize the stories of political activists, indigenous people, and other women and men who became ensnared in a deadly web of state-sponsored terrorism. When Rodrigo's access to the archive is suspended, he proceeds to the General Archives of Central America and the Library of Congress, also collaborating with the son of the Identification Bureau's former head in a relentless pursuit of understanding. Reminiscent of Roberto Bolaño's finely honed masterworks, Human Matter is both a tour de force of fiction and a sobering meditation on the realities of collective memory, raising timely questions about how our history is recorded and retold. Originally published in Spanish in 2009, its success demanded a subsequent publication in June of 2017.

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University of Texas Press

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1477316469

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9781477316467

The Country of Toó

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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The Country of Toó

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

A Crime Reads Best International Crime Fiction of 2023 • One of Crime Reads most anticipated LatinX Horror and Crime Fiction of 2023 This sumptuously written thriller asks probing questions about how we live with each other and with our planet. Raised on his wits on the streets of Central America, the Cobra, a young debt collector and gang enforcer, has never had the chance to discern between right and wrong, until he’s assigned the murder of Polo, a prominent human rights activist—and his friend. When his conscience gives him pause and his patrón catches on, a remote Mayan community offers the Cobra a potential refuge, but the people there are up against predatory mining companies. With danger encroaching, the Cobra is forced to confront his violent past and make a decision about what he’s willing to risk in the future, and who it will be for. Following the Cobra, Polo, a faction of drug-dealing oligarchs, and Jacobo, a child caught in the crosshairs, Rey Rosa maps an extensive web of corruption upheld by decades of political oppression. A scathing indictment of exploitation in all its forms, The Country of Toó is a gripping account of what it means to consider societal change under the constant threat of violence.

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207

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Biblioasis

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1771965150

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9781771965156

Dust on Her Tongue

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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Dust on Her Tongue

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Set in Guatemala, these spare and beautiful tales are linked by themes of magic, violence, and the fragility of existence. Paul Bowle's translation perfectly captures Rey Rosa's stories of the haunted lives of ordinary people in present-day Central America.

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City Lights Books

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0872862720

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9780872862722

The Good Cripple

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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The Good Cripple

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

This muscular, starkly impressive novel from Guatemala's premiere young writer fiercely addresses the seemingly endless violence of Latin America.

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134

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New Directions Publishing

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0811215660

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9780811215664

Dust on Her Tongue

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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The Good Cripple

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The Good Cripple

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This muscular, starkly impressive novel from Guatemala's premiere young writer fiercely addresses the seemingly endless violence of Latin America.

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Severina

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

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Severina

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa

A bookseller becomes infatuated with an alluring woman who shoplifts from his store and finds himself entangled in her mystery, until, disoriented, the border between rational and irrational blurs.

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