Héctor Jaimes is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at North Carolina State University, USA. His published authored works include Filosofía del muralismo mexicano: Orozco, Rivera y Siqueiros (2012) and La reescritura de la historia en el ensayo hispanoamericano (2001). His edited works include Pedro Ángel Palou y la novela infinita (2023), Mario Bellatin y las formas de la escritura (2020), The Mexican Crack Writers: History and Criticism (2017), Tu hija Frida: Cartas a mamá (2016), Fundación del muralismo mexicano: Textos inéditos de David Alfaro Siqueiros (2012) and Octavio Paz: La dimensión estética del ensayo (2004).

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Narrating the Effects of Globalization: Yuri Herrera's and Jorge Volpi's Novels.- 3. The Ethical Question: Eloy Urroz's Friction, Guillermo Fadanelli's Lodo (Mud), and Julián Herbert’s Tomb Song.- 4. From History to the Archive: Álvaro Enrigue’s Sudden Death and Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive.- 5. Love as Impossibility: Qliphoth, La profundidad de la piel, by Pedro Ángel Palou and After Winter by Guadalupe Nettel.- 6. The Politics of Literary Forms: Pedro Ángel Palou’s Paraíso clausurado, Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s Empty Set and Mario Bellatin’s El hombre dinero.