Signs Preceding the End of the World, Yuri Herrera

I don't even remember how I first heard about Signs Preceding the End of the World except that it was when I was looking for Mexican books to read ahead of my trip to Mexico a little over a year ago. I added it to my PaperbackSwap wishlist, read 4 other Mexican novels, and forgot about it. Then a couple weeks ago it became available on PaperbackSwap so I ordered it, even though I was no longer actively seeking Mexican novels. It's a slim book about a young woman who is sent on an errand by her mother to travel across Mexico and over the U.S. border to bring her brother a message. Although the story is fairly straightforward, the tone of the narration is almost mythological. The style of narration gives the reader the opportunity to see the some of the strangeness of the U.S. through the eyes of an outsider. This is a lovely book.