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ⓘ About Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Ernesto is a MacDowell Fellow and a Guggenheim Fiction Fellow. He also teaches writing at Brooklyn College. He’s translated many novels from Spanish, including the novel “Malinche” by Laura Esquivel. Ernesto was drawn to the movement of people infecting themselves with HIV to some degree because he’d wanted to write about queer desire, and he wanted to write one final novel about Cuba. However it was the idea of queer desire and how exactly it’s connected to this ideal of liberty which is never quite achieved. He played around with this for such a long time in creating “Sacrifico”. In some ways it is a novel about broken ideals, both in a social sense, with revolution, however also in the personal sense, with the characters.
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Who is Ernesto Mestre-Reed?
Ernesto is a MacDowell Fellow and a Guggenheim Fiction Fellow. He also teaches writing at Brooklyn College. He’s translated many novels from Spanish, including the novel “Malinche” by Laura Esquivel.
Which Ernesto Mestre-Reed series should I start with?
Ernesto Mestre-Reed's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Lazarus Rumba (1999).
How many books has Ernesto Mestre-Reed written?
Ernesto Mestre-Reed has 3 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2022. They all sit in a single category — Standalone Novels — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Ernesto Mestre-Reed's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 3 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Ernesto Mestre-Reed's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ernesto Mestre-Reed's 3 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (3 books).