![]() ![]() Barker, but also to the growing pantheon of retellings of horror classics from a marginalized perspective such as Victor LaValle’s The Ballad of Black Tom.” What Library Journal says: “A necessary and engaging addition not only to the always popular subset of Dracula-adjacent tales such as Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. ![]() Brite, it reveals an unknown corner of Latin American literature.” Translated by David Bowles and with an accompanying essay by noted horror author Poppy Z. The cult vampire novella by Mexican author José Luis Zárate is available for the first time in English. What the publisher says: “A reimagining of Dracula’s voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire. January's selection includes books translated from Danish, Catalan, Korean, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese.įrom Innsmouth Free Press | The Route of Ice and Saltby José Luis Zárate, translated from the Spanish by David Bowles | Fiction | 196 pages | ISBN 9781927990292 | US$15.59 Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about. ![]()
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