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The Great Zoo: A Bilingual Edition
By (author) Nicolás Guillén, Translated by Aaron Coleman
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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. Â
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Publisher | The University of Chicago Press
Published date | 2 Oct 2024
Language | English
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 96
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 172g
ISBN | 978-0-2268-3479-5
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).
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