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Valeria Luiselli

Valeria Luiselli

Englishb. July 1, 1983Literary Fiction

Mexican novelist and essayist whose Faces in the Crowd and Tell Me How It Ends have won international acclaim. Lost Children Archive is a formally inventive novel about the migrant crisis. She is one of the most important Mexican voices writing in English and Spanish.

Works

  • Faces in the CrowdWoman's fragmented search for a mysterious famous writer through crowded city→
  • The Story of My TeethAuctioneer recounts his history through stories bound with his own teeth→
  • Tell Me How It EndsNovella of conversations with migrant children seeking asylum at Mexican border→
  • Lost Children ArchiveFamily road trip through US-Mexico border narrated from three perspectives→
  • The Author and Me→
  • SidewalksEssays exploring walking, city life, and philosophy of urban space→

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