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“... term recalls his coinage in Signs Preceding the End of the World, jarchar; as the translator Lisa Dillman explains, the verb is derived from an Andalusian literary form – ‘short Mozarabic verses or couplets tacked onto the end of longer Arabic or Hebrew poems’ – which itself comes from the Arabic kharja, ‘exit’. Herrera uses it to mean ...”

“... GPS-like device called, in the Spanish original, the Tenmeaquí. Literally, ‘keepmehere’, but Lisa Dillman translates it as ‘Miniminder’ – a machine to keep track of the family. It displays two dots, husband and daughter, and Velia follows their movements down the streets, trying to keep up. The Tenmeaquí, too, has a mind of its own and ...”