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A Novel
by Yuri Herrera
Book Reviewed by:Though he will go on to become President, reformer, and national hero of Mexico, in 1853 Benito Juárez has just been sent into exile by the dictator Santa Anna, along with many of his liberal allies. He arrives in New Orleans on the 29th of December. Yuri Herrera's novel Season of the Swamp meets him stepping off the ship and goes on to imagine what he might have faced in this little-known, eighteen month-long period of his life.
Despite his mounting frustrations over his separation from his family and inability to affect the situation in Mexico, Benito allows himself to be drawn into the chaos of New Orleans and the lives of the people he meets. He and his allies encounter con artists and financial trouble, taking on odd jobs and sharing cheap rooms to make ends meet; indulge in the revelry of Mardi Gras; suffer through yellow fever; and attempt to help people fleeing slavery. ...
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