Mejor Desaparece/Just Disappear

Carmen Boullosa''s first novel, Mejor Desaparece, is a
groundbreaking experimental work from this widely
lauded contemporary Mexican author. This book
contains a complete English translation of the novel,
approved by the author, as well as a review of some
of the most important critical ideas about Boullosa''s
significance to Mexican and world literature. In
addition to her translation, Christy Rodgers also
provides insight into the process of literary
translation itself, looks at some concepts of
translation theory in the light of practical
translation, and examines the challenges of capturing
the nuances of this elusive work.

Autorentext

Christy Rodgers is a freelance writer, editor and translatorliving in San Francisco, California. She completed her Master ofArts in Comparative Literature at San Francisco State Universityin 2007. Her particular interest as a literary translator is incontemporary Latin American women authors.

Klappentext

Carmen Boullosa's first novel, Mejor Desaparece, is agroundbreaking experimental work from this widelylauded contemporary Mexican author. This bookcontains a complete English translation of the novel,approved by the author, as well as a review of someof the most important critical ideas about Boullosa'ssignificance to Mexican and world literature. Inaddition to her translation, Christy Rodgers alsoprovides insight into the process of literarytranslation itself, looks at some concepts oftranslation theory in the light of practicaltranslation, and examines the challenges of capturingthe nuances of this elusive work.