{"product_id":"the-great-zoo-a-bilingual-edition-9780226834795","title":"The Great Zoo: A Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicolás Guillén\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fantastical collection of poems by revolutionary Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén presented in a Spanish-English bilingual edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in Spanish in 1967, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408531546263,"sku":"9780226834795","price":1253.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226834795.webp?v=1769199253","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-great-zoo-a-bilingual-edition-9780226834795","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}