FICTION
No Place to Bury the Dead
By Karina Sainz Borgo; Translated by Elizabeth Bryer
Harpervia
Published December 10, 2024
Lost in the Violence of the Borderlands: “No Place to Bury the Dead”
Karina Sainz Borgo’s No Place to Bury the Dead, translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Bryer, is an unnerving, violent tale of the borderlands. Drawing from real accounts of the migrant crisis, from the dangers of border crossings, to the cruelties desperate people will inflict on themselves or each other to survive, to the dozens of horrific ways that power-hungry criminals take advantage of their desperation, the novel tells the story of a purgatory where no one wants to stay but no one can leave, where disorder and violence is inevitable, where just burying your loved ones is considered a privilege.