Dear readers,
The news coming out of Mexico City and Puerto Rico is heartbreaking. A major earthquake and hurricane have left communities devastated, but heroic rescue and recovery efforts are underway.
As an international publisher whose authors come from these affected areas, we feel particularly responsible to reach out with compassion and support. As our Publisher Ilan Stavans says, “fine literature is not only about fine writers and the worlds they come from, but also about fine readers who react to the needs of those worlds with empathy and compassion.”
We know that you, our readers, also want to help the victims of these disasters, and we'd like to work together to provide relief.
Now through the end of October, Restless Books will donate $5 for every book written by one of our Mexican or Puerto Rican authors that we sell on our website. This includes pre-orders for The Wild Book, by Mexico's Juan Villoro, the first title in our new Yonder imprint for young readers.
Click on the book covers below to make a purchase from our website, and we'll make a donation on your behalf. Proceeds will benefit Topos and Direct Relief in Mexico, and ConPRmetidos in Puerto Rico.
Abrazos,
Your friends at Restless Books
by Carlos Fonseca
Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
“Beware, reader, in these pages you will experience vertigo, anxiety and joy. You will become a ghostly presence in a Borgesian world, a camera obscura, where mathematics is a secret weapon, and memory the object of an archaeological pursuit. Loosely inspired by the eventful life of the French mathematician Alexander Grothendieck, Fonseca has created a gorgeous opera prima.”
—Valerie Miles, New York Times Book Review
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061034
Publication date: Oct 4, 2016
by Carlos Velázquez
Translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas
"The Cowboy Bible will challenge readers to push beyond cultural stereotypes and rethink everything they know about northern Mexico and their homes."
—NBC News
“Playful and clever, inventive but familiar, this brief book is deeply satisfying, and warrants multiple readings.… In her translation, Obejas superbly amplifies Velázquez's style.”
—Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060228
Publication date: Jan 26, 2016
by Juan Villoro
Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic exploration of soccer—and the passion, hopes, rivalries, superstitions, and global solidarity it inspires—from Juan Villoro, “Mexico's top fútbol expert” (NBC News).
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060587
Publication date: April 19, 2016
By Jorge Zepeda Patterson
Translated from the Spanish by Adrian Nathan West
Winner of the Premio Planeta—the Spanish-speaking world’s richest literary prize
“The spirit of Stieg Larsson visits Mexico City" (Kirkus): Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World is a pulse-pounding international political thriller about sex, power, and information—and the extreme lengths people go to get them.
Paperback • ISBN: 9781632061256
Publication date: Feb 5, 2017
By Juan Villoro
Translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel
Illustrations by Eko
Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers
Over one million copies sold in the Spanish edition
From one of Mexico’s foremost authors comes a wondrous adventure story of a boy who goes to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a library where books have supernatural powers.
Hardcover: 9781632061478 • Nov 14, 2017
Paperback: 9781632061461 • May 18, 2021