The Mexican-American author tells EL PAÍS that, in the United States, there’s an openly racist attitude against Spanish, his native language. In his latest novel, he has opted to depart from his usual subject matter — the U.S.-Mexico border — to explore the most intimate elements of his mother’s life
The genre can be a literary gem when it is written with the dedication seen at the U.S. newspaper, which prepares advance obituaries
The biggest city in the United States is, effectively, a pan-Latin city, with deep roots in the Hispanic world. A good part of New York’s identity is based on the strength of a language whose presence is constantly being renewed
‘Baumgartner’ reads like a distilled mix of everything that the author of ‘New York Trilogy’ has ever written
The author of ‘Blood Meridian’ was one of the last remaining representatives of an extraordinary generation of literary creators born in the 1930s that included Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion and Philip Roth
The author of ‘The Road’, who died Tuesday at the age of 89, was one of the most outstanding writers of his generation
Hernán Díaz followed up his acclaimed first novel, ‘In the Distance,’ with ‘Trust,’ an ambitious and fragmented look at the machinery that moves Wall Street
The 42-year-old writer is ruling the bestseller lists, ahead of J.K. Rowling, John Grisham and Stephen King. She has sold 20 million books, in which she blends fiction with traumas from her own life
The esteemed writer, who was attacked on stage six months ago, talks to EL PAÍS about his recovery, writing influences and new novel, ‘Victory City’
The Pulitzer-winning author of ‘The World Doesn’t End’ and Poet Laureate of the United States passed away in Dover, New Hampshire
‘The Passenger’ and its sequel ‘Stella Maris’ are brilliant and sometimes exasperating explorations of incest, mental illness, science and philosophy by the Pulitzer-winning author of ‘The Road’
The writer, artist and great chronicler of the New York underground felt from childhood that her gender did not match the one on her birth certificate. Last year, a face modification app brought her a revelation
The use of this language, spoken by 40 million people, continues to grow. It is doubtful that President Trump will manage to reverse this trend