Super Extra Grande (Cuban Science Fiction)
Language: English
Published by Restless Books, 2016
- Softcover
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- Title
- Super Extra Grande (Cuban Science Fiction)
- Author
- Yoss
- Publisher
- Restless Books
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1632060566
- ISBN 13
- 9781632060563
Set in a distant future, after the invention of faster-than-light space travel has propelled a still-immature mankind into the far corners of the Milky Way, the novel features creatures of immense variety - amoebas that cover entire worlds, sensual females that feed on substances from their males' reproductive systems, talking reptiles and other creations drawn from the classics of Cuban and international science fiction - all of which serve as colleagues, fellow adventurers, sex partners, teachers or members of the military high command in the Galactic Community governing this part of the universe.
Our protagonist, Jan Amos Sangan Dongo, has a special role in this otherworldly menagerie: He is a veterinarian who specialises in treating enormous animals across the galaxy. When a colonial conflict threatens the fragile peace between the Galaxy's seven intelligent species, Dr Sangan must embark on a daring mission to enter a gigantic creature and find two swallowed ambassadors - who also happen to be his competing love interests.
Coupling his own extensive studies in (earthly) biology with his vast curiosity and wild imagination, Yoss brings us a rare specimen in the richly parodic tradition of Cuban science fiction.
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About the Author
When he isn t translating, David Frye teaches Latin American culture and society at the University of Michigan. Translations include "First New Chronicle" and "Good Government" by Guaman Poma de Ayala (Peru, 1615); "The Mangy Parrot" by Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi (Mexico, 1816), for which he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; "Writing across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation" in Latin America by Angel Rama (Uruguay, 1982), and several Cuban and Spanish novels and poems."
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