"Reading Ten Planets . . . requires not only suspension of disbelief but surrender of control. Both are challenging; both are worth it. Nobody writes like Yuri Herrera, and it would be a shame not to travel with him as far as his imagination can go."–Lily Meyer, NPR.org
"The always thrilling and always remarkable Yuri Herrera has outdone himself here: Reading
Season of the Swamp is like being thrown into deep water only to open your eyes and find a haunting and haunted world, one full of magic and beauty, exiles and outsiders, longing and song. I didn't want to surface–here I am still, in its great, brilliant light. "
–Paul Yoon, author of The Hive and the Honey "A sense of wonder and play, linguistic curiosity, and a knack for being both morbid and funny, contribute to an absorbingly pleasurable read, even amid the death and tragedy. Herrera offers another brilliant novella steeped in political and historical time and place."
–Julia Kastner, Shelf Awareness "Mesmerizing . . . as glorious and messy as the best New Orleans gumbo. . . . It's a triumph."
–Publishers Weekly, starred review "Virtuosic. . . . The Juárez that Herrera conjures with his muscular prose – translated with bravura by Lisa Dillman . . . is above all a pair of eyes and ears. He's an observer alive to the world, endowed with the foreigner's curiosity and the subaltern's ironic skepticism."
–Nicolás Medina Mora, The New York Times Book Review "Richly imagined, profusely written."
–Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal "Inventive and thrilling . . . a vibrant novel that asks us to see how the soul of a revolutionary is made."
–Carolyn Kellogg, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Like a great artist, Herrera found a story within a larger work and made its color shine so that the whole of the masterpiece - in this case, New Orleans - draws us in deeper."
–Toby LeBlanc, Southern Review of Books "[Herrera] ranks among the most dynamic and unique authors working today. . . .
Season of the Swamp is an impressive tribute to a man, a city and their shared history. I can't think of a recent New Orleans-set historical novel that better captures the city's vibe, past and present."
–Rien Fertel, The Times-Picayune "Like a great artist, Herrera found a story within a larger work and made its color shine so that the whole of the masterpiece - in this case, New Orleans - draws us in deeper."
–Toby LeBlanc, Southern Review of Books
