New Latinx and Hispanic Studies Titles from Penguin Random House

By Spenser Stevens | February 12 2024 | Latinx and Hispanic

Browse these new and notable titles for use in your Latinx and Hispanic Studies courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here. 

When Trying to Return Home
Stories
978-1-64009-634-9

A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond—and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own terms.

$16.95 US
Feb 06, 2024
Paperback
272 Pages
Counterpoint

The Absent Moon
A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression
978-0-593-49074-7

A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz’s brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the context of a family story of murder, dispossession, and silence—the long echo of the Holocaust across generations.

$17.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Paperback
240 Pages
Penguin Books

Stranger in the Desert
A Family Story
978-1-64622-165-3
Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in South America.
$27.00 US
Feb 20, 2024
Hardcover
240 Pages
Catapult

My Documents
Stories
978-0-14-313652-1

The landmark first story collection from internationally acclaimed author Alejandro Zambra, now featuring five additional stories and an introduction by his longtime collaborator, Megan McDowell.

$18.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Paperback
272 Pages
Penguin Books