{"product_id":"troubled-lands-stories-of-mexico-and-cuba-as-translated-by-langston-hughes-hardcover","title":"Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRicardo Wilson II\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark book--the first complete publication of Langston Hughes's translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen Mexican and Cuban writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn late 1934, Langston Hughes, already established as a leading voice of literary Black America, traveled to Mexico City, where he stayed for more than five months and began translating short fiction by prominent Mexican and Cuban writers. These stories, as he wrote to a friend, explore \"the revolutions and uprisings, sugar cane, Negroes, Indians, corrupt generals, [and] American imperialists,\" and are \"mostly all left stories, because practically all the writers down here are left these days.\" But when Hughes proposed publishing the stories as a book, to be titled \u003ci\u003eTroubled Lands\u003c\/i\u003e, his agent discouraged him from further pursuing the project and it remained unpublished, until now, with only a handful of the translations making their way into contemporary magazines. This volume presents Hughes's translations of these stories together for the first time as he originally envisioned. Edited by Ricardo Wilson, the book also features an introduction and brief biographies of the included writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroubled Lands\u003c\/i\u003e features thirty-three stories by eighteen writers, including Rafael Felipe Muñoz, Nellie Campobello, Lino Novás Calvo, Luis Felipe Rodríguez, Germán List Arzubide, Pablo de la Torriente-Brau, and Juan de la Cabada. The collection depicts Mexico in the wake of its revolution and Cuba in the years between the brutal regimes of Machado and Batista. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHughes was a noted translator of poetry, but his commitment to translating fiction is less well known. \u003ci\u003eTroubled Lands\u003c\/i\u003e provides a window into this important dimension of his work and illuminates his deep interest in Mexico and Cuba.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes \u003c\/b\u003e(1901-1967) was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance and twentieth-century Black literature. Although he achieved his greatest fame as a poet, he had a wide-ranging literary career. His many books included the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eThe Weary Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eNot Without Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Ways of White Folks\u003c\/i\u003e, and the autobiographies \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e I Wonder as I Wander\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRicardo A. Wilson II\u003c\/b\u003e is a creative writer and scholar. He is associate professor of English at Williams College and founder and executive director of The Outpost Foundation, a residency and arts advocacy organization for writers of color from the United States and Latin America. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Apparent Horizon and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nigrescent Beyond: Mexico, the United States, and the Psychic Vanishing of Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248580354355,"sku":"9780691268415","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/i_9c7M-Y6i9780691268415.webp?v=1776312005","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/troubled-lands-stories-of-mexico-and-cuba-as-translated-by-langston-hughes-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}