Tag #Yuri Herrera

What specific events in Benito Juárez's New Orleans exile fundamentally changed his trajectory, transforming him from a relatively unknown figure into a key leader of the Mexican liberal reform?

"Season of the Swamp" follows Benito Juárez's exile in 1853 New Orleans, focusing on his transformation from a regular man into a revolutionary leader. The novel highlights Juárez's witnessing of slavery's brutality as a pivotal event shaping his future actions. However, the novel's narrative structure and character development are weaker than Herrera's previous works.