This is Not Miami

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN PROSE

Set in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz,This Is Not Miamidelivers a series of devastating stories–spiraling from real events–that bleed together reportage and the author’s rich and rigorous imagination. These narrative nonfiction pieces probe deeply into the motivations of murderers and misfits, into their desires and circumstances, forcing us to understand them–and even empathize–despite our wish to simply label them monsters. As in her hugely acclaimed novelsHurricane SeasonandParadais, Fernanda Melchor’s masterful stories show how the violent and shocking aberrations that make the headlines are only the surface ruptures of a society on the brink of chaos.

Born in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1982,Fernanda Melchoris “one of Mexico’s most exciting new voices” (The Guardian). Her novelHurricane Seasonwas shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.
Sophie Hugheshas translated numerous Spanish-language authors, including Jos Revueltas and Fernanda Melchor for New Directions.

• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Language: English
• Paperback: 160pages
• ISBN-13: 9780811228053
• Item Weight: .41pound
• Dimensions: 5.54 x 7.98 x .42 in
• BISAC Categories: Caribbean & Latin American, Essays, Organized Crime