Introduction: Patterning the local within the global
Migration chronotypes : mobile spaces and fluid time in two Brazilian novels
Speed control : the politics of mobility in Bolaño's 2666 and its theatrical adaptation by Àlex Rigola
Ambivalent spaces : allegories of ruin in Bernardo Carvalho's Teatro and Gilberto Noll's Harmada
Another city and another life : writing multitudes in Valeria Luiselli's Faces in the crowd
Conclusion: 'Ser de un intervalo'
Appendix: Testing regionalism, migrant narratives, and the construction of Brazil, an interview with Luiz Ruffato.