Signs Preceding the End of the World Archive

Language and Fronteras in Signs Preceding the End of the World

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Feb
25
2020
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side by side series of the cover of Yuri Herrera's Signs preceding the end of the world, featuring a desert landscape with cacti

In Yuri Herrera’s 2009 novel, borders can be impenetrable surfaces, and language can open doors that can’t so easily be locked back.

Our Lady of Intercession

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Nov
12
2017
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It’s one thing to effect permeable borders, quite another to insist on violable bodies to constitute the border’s apertures.