{"product_id":"9780226834795","title":"The Great Zoo : A Bilingual Edition by Nicolas Guillen","description":"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\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227571270005,"sku":"9780226834795","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780226834795.jpg?v=1762249075","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780226834795","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}