Juan Villoro

 

Juan Villoro’s journalistic and literary work has been recognized with such international prizes as the Herralde de Novela, Premio Xavier Villaurrutia, Rey de España, Ciudad de Barcelona, and Vázquez Montalbán de Periodismo Deportivo, and Antonin Artaud. He has been a professor of literature at UNAM, Yale, and la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona. He is a columnist for the newspapers Reforma and El Periódico de Catalunya.

 

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And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic
$22.00

Edited by Ilan Stavans

In this rich, eye-opening, and uplifting anthology, dozens of esteemed writers, poets, artists, and translators from more than thirty countries send literary dispatches from life during the pandemic. A portion of proceeds benefit booksellers in need.

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translation of 2020

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632063021
Publication date: Aug 25, 2020

The Wild Book
The Wild Book
from $12.00

By Juan Villoro

Translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel

Illustrations by Eko

Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers

Over one million copies sold in the Spanish edition

From one of Mexico’s foremost authors comes a wondrous adventure story of a boy who goes to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a library where books have supernatural powers.

Hardcover: 9781632061478 • Nov 14, 2017
Paperback: 9781632061461 • May 18, 2021

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God Is Round: Tackling the Giants, Villains, Triumphs, and Scandals of The World’s Favorite Game
$16.99

by Juan Villoro

Translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead

A brilliant, kaleidoscopic exploration of soccer—and the passion, hopes, rivalries, superstitions, and global solidarity it inspires—from Juan Villoro, “Mexico's top fútbol expert” (NBC News).

Paperback • ISBN: 9781632060587
Publication date: April 19, 2016

The Avid Young Readers Bundle
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The Avid Young Readers Bundle
$35.00 $55.97

Rat Rule 79 + The Casket of Time + The Wild Book

Journey through the Land of Impossibility with Rivka Galchen (an NPR Best Book of 2019!), time-travel through an Icelandic eco-dystopia, and venture through a Mexican story in which books literally come alive with these middle-grade novels for avid readers of all ages.

 
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The Restless Staff Picks Our Favorite Books of the Year
The Restless Staff Picks Our Favorite Books of the Year
Reading is Resistance Merch has Landed!
Reading is Resistance Merch has Landed!
The Wild Book Spooky Quotes and Halloween Giveaway
The Wild Book Spooky Quotes and Halloween Giveaway

It’s Halloween next week. The neighborhoods are decorated with black cats, ghosts, and after dark everything is slightly more sinister. That spooky effect doesn’t end at suburban yards or city stoops, but it’s found its way inside and is terrorizing bookshelves, too. As proof, we’re sharing some of the spookiest parts from our first Young Adult novel, The Wild Book! And to share our Halloween spirit, we’re offering readers a special chance to win an advance copy of The Wild Book!

Join Us in Supporting Relief Efforts for Mexico and Puerto Rico
Join Us in Supporting Relief Efforts for Mexico and Puerto Rico

Now through the end of September, Restless Books will donate $5 for every book written by one of our Mexican or Puerto Rican authors that we sell on our website.

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