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San Juan Noir (Akashic Noir)

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Puerto Rico's capital city enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of San Juan's best-known authors.

"A welcomed addition to the publisher's popular noir series, San Juan Noir has the distinction of being issued in two editions, English and Spanish, to more accurately reflect the Caribbean island's bilingual culture. Editor Santos-Febres gathers a varied collection of stories she expects will 'reveal a side of Puerto Rico otherwise obscured by the tourist trade and preconception.'" —NBC News Latino

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez. Translated by Will Vanderhyden.

From the introduction by Mayra Santos-Febres:

"Puerto Rico is often portrayed as sandy beaches, casinos, luxury hotels, relaxation, and never-ending pleasure—a place that satisfies all senses and appetites.

Yet the city of San Juan is much more than that. The capital of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the oldest Spanish settlement in all the territories and colonies of the United States. Since Puerto Rico is economically dependent on the US, the financial downturn of 2008 hit us hard. Many Puerto Ricans have left the island, looking for a better life. Crime has risen and the black market has thrived. As in many crises, art, music, and literature have also flourished. Never before has there been so much literary production. We have responded to our crisis with many stories to tell. And, especially in these times, many of those stories are noir . . .

I hope these stories spark your imagination, and reveal a side of Puerto Rico otherwise obscured by the tourist trade and preconceptions. Maybe it will also pique your curiosity, and you will come visit our 'pearl of the Caribbean.'"

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 8, 2016
      Santos-Febres and 13 other contributors of Puerto Rican heritage take full advantage of San Juan’s wide range of disparities between rich and poor, weak and powerful, tourists and residents, in this fine addition to Akashic’s noir anthology series. Notable entries include Manolo Núñez Negrón’s “Fish Food,” in which the narrator tells of his unusual friendship with a boy who drifts into a life of drugs and theft after the narrator goes to university and they lose touch. In Ana María Fuster Lavín’s grim “Two Deaths for Ángela,” a young woman becomes utterly lost in a fog between reality and imagination. A boy ends his father’s abuse of his mother in Manuel A. Meléndez’s stark, sly “A Killer Among Us.” Alejandro Álvarez Nieves manages to make “Sweet Feline,” the tale of a bellhop who tries to satisfy a demanding customer, both dark and funny. Some selections are slice-of-life stories rather than tales with neat resolutions. Akashic is publishing a simultaneous Spanish-language edition.

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