San Juan Noir

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

With San Juan Noir, Akashic Books for the first time presents simultaneous English- and Spanish-language releases of the same title. Following the success of the Noir Series in the Caribbean withHavana Noir, Kingston Noir, and Haiti Noir, this volume shows that the island of Puerto Rico is not just sandy beaches and extravagant hotels. Here, Mayra Santos-Febres, one of the literary titans of the island, recruits a stellar list of compatriots to contribute stories of depravity and the underside of life in Puerto Rico's capital city.

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

Mayra Santos-Febres has published more than twenty-five books of poetry, short stories, essay collections, and novels. Among her most import titles areSirena Selena (2000), Our Lady of the Night (2006), and La amante de Gardel (2015). Her works have been translated into Croatian, Icelandic, French, Italian, German, and English. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Puerto Rico, and is one of the main organizers of Festival de la Palabra.