Francisco Goldman: 9 books

The acclaimed author’s intimate autobiographical novel of a marriage cut tragically short is “a beautiful love story, and an extraordinary story of loss” (Colm Tóibín). In 2005, celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married Aura Estrada. The two were deeply in love, and Aura was a gifted...

The author of Say Her Name shares a deeply personal memoir of grieving the loss of his wife—and confronting the troubled Mexican city where she grew up. Five years after his wife’s untimely death, Francisco Goldman decided to overcome his fear of driving in Mexico City. The widower and...

In this New York Times Notable Book, an award-winning writer undertakes his own investigation into the murder of a Guatemalan bishop. Named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post Book World*, the* Chicago Tribune*, the* Economist*, and the* San Francisco Chronicle Two days after...

This PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist novel is “at once a story about a boy growing up in two cultures, a love story, and a mystery” (The Boston Globe). Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, The Long Night of White Chickens announced Francisco Goldman’s arrival as a major literary...

One of the most talented and award-winning writers of his generation, Francisco Goldman’s third novel, The Divine Husband, appeared to wide and rapturous acclaim. Beginning with a single, possibly scandalous love poem by Jose Marti, Cuba’s greatest revolutionary-poet-hero with an infamous secret...

By the author of The Long Night of White Chickens: A novel of the perils, passions, and adventures of a young Nicaraguan immigrant trapped in Brooklyn.   Named a Best Book of the Year by Newsday*, the* Los Angeles Times Book Review*, the* Chicago Tribune*, the* St. Louis Post-Dispatch*, and* Publishers...

Tras la muerte de su joven esposa, Francisco Goldman encuentra una inédita estrategia para superar la pena: aprender a manejar en la ciudad de México. La estrategia tiene un efecto secundario inesperado: una crónica magistral de la enrevesada actualidad mexicana: desde los feminicidios de Ciudad...

Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...

Esteban, un nicaragüense exguerrillero sandinista es llevado, junto con otros catorce hombres, desde América Central con la promesa de trabajar a bordo de un buque de carga. Sin embargo, el Urus es un oxidado armatoste abandonado en un aislado muelle de Brooklyn. La tripulación vive meses en condiciones...