{"product_id":"9780226834795-the-great-zoo-a-bilingual-edition","title":"Guillen Nicolas - The Great Zoo A Bilingual Edition - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A fantastical collection of poems by revolutionary Afro - Cuban poet Nicol's Guill n presented in a Spanish - English bilingual edition. Born in Cuba to parents of African and European ancestry Nicol's Guill n worked in printing presses and studied law before moving into Havana's literary scene. A virtuosic maker and breaker of forms Guill n 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 Guill n's carnivalesque vision.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Great Zoo A Bilingual Edition\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Guillen Nicolas\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: The University Of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780226834795\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 96 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/2\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Phoenix Poets\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Literature: History \u0026amp; Criticism","brand":"Guillen Nicolas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365129650481,"sku":"IN-G-9780226834795","price":15.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780226834795.jpg?v=1754875261","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780226834795-the-great-zoo-a-bilingual-edition","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}