The Great Zoo
€ 23,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9780226834795 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Nicolas Guillen |
| Editora | The University of Chicago Press |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 96 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,176 |
| Data de Publicação | 02/10/2024 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 22,55 |
| Imposto | € 1,35 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 23,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 2 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
A fantastical collection of poems by revolutionary Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén presented in a Spanish-English bilingual edition. Born in Cuba to parents of African and European ancestry, Nicolás Guillén worked in printing presses and studied law before moving into Havana’s literary scene. A virtuosic maker and breaker of forms, Guillén rose to fame by transforming a popular form of Cuban music into poetry that called attention to the experience of Afro-Cuban people, and he continued to interweave his artistic and political commitments as he traveled the world. Originally published in Spanish in 1967, The Great Zoo is a humorous and biting collection of poems that presents a fantastical bestiary of ideas, social concerns, landscapes, phenomena, and more. The “animals” on view in this menagerie include the Mississippi and Amazon Rivers, clouds from different countries, a singing guitar, a temperamental atomic bomb, blue-pelted police, a hurricane, the KKK, and the North Star, among many others. Translated by Aaron Coleman with a keen understanding of the contexts of colonial racialization, oppression, and exoticism, this bilingual edition stands as a testament to Guillén’s carnivalesque vision.