Yoss and Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo at Marquette University

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
3:30 PM 4:30 PM 15:30 16:30

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On Wednesday October 12, Yoss, author of Super Extra Grande, and Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, author of Abandoned Havana, will join at Marquette University for a public Spanish-language conversation on Cuban literature and politics.

When: Wednesday, October 12 at 3:30 pm

Where: Lalumiere 272, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

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Condomnauts

16.99

By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

“Yoss (Super Extra Grande) is an eminent Cuban SF writer who also fronts a heavy metal band; his iconoclastic spirit and rock-and-roll aesthetic are on full ingenious display in this daring, rollicking, and joyous novel…. This extended dirty joke is also an impressive science fiction novel with much to say about sex, culture, and what it means to be alien.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Book Details

Paperback list price: $16.99 • ISBN: 9781632061867 • Publication: Jul 17, 2018 • 5.5" x 8.25" • 208 pages • Science Fiction: Cuba/Comedic/Space Opera • Territory: World

Super Extra Grande

15.99

By Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2016 • 2017 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist • Best Translated Book Award Longlist • Barnes and Noble Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2016

“Intergalactic space travel meets outrageous, biting satire in Super Extra Grande…. Its author [Yoss] is one of the most celebrated — and controversial — Cuban writers of science fiction…. Reminiscent of Douglas Adams — but even more so, the satire of Rabelais and Swift.”

—The Washington Post

Book Details

Paperback List Price: $15.99 • ISBN: 9781632060563 • Publication: Jun 7, 2016 • 5.5” x 8.25” • 160 pages • Science Fiction: Cuba / Comedic / Space Opera • Territory: World English • eBook ISBN: 9781632060266

A Planet for Rent

15.99

by Yoss

Translated from the Spanish by David Frye

Cuban Science Fiction

“A Planet for Rent is the English-language debut of Yoss, one of Cuba's most lauded writers of science fiction. Translated by David Frye, these linked stories craft a picture of a dystopian future: Aliens called xenoids have invaded planet Earth, and people are looking to flee the economically and socially bankrupt remains of human civilization. Yoss' smart and entertaining novel tackles themes like prostitution, immigration and political corruption. Ultimately, it serves as an empathetic yet impassioned metaphor for modern-day Cuba, where the struggle for power has complicated every facet of society”

—NPR, Best Books of 2015

Book Details

Paperback List Price: $15.99 • ISBN: 9781632060365 • Publication: 6/2/15 • 5.5” x 8.25” • 272 pages • Science Fiction / Cuban Literature • Territory: World English • eBook ISBN: 9781632060082

Se alquila un planeta

9.99

de Yoss

Cuban Science Fiction

«José Miguel Sánchez es el autor cubano de ciencia ficción más premiado, el que más prestigio tiene en el mainstream sin dejar de cultivar este género y el único que vive de su pluma entre los residentes en la Isla».

—Cuenta Regresiva

Reseñado en The New York Times Magazine

eBook precio: $9.99

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Abandoned Havana

9.99

by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

Translated from the Spanish by Mary Jo Porter

Introduced by Jon Lee Anderson

Cuban Science Fiction

“It is difficult to capture in images the soul of a landscape or a city.... Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo’s photographs, and the commentaries they are accompanied with, capture whirlwinds of souls and offer them to us in such way that our own soul is transformed."

—Fernando Savater

eBook Original List Price: $9.99

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La Habana abandonada

9.99

de Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

Introducido por Jon Lee Anderson

Cuban Science Fiction

«Es difícil capturar en imágenes el alma de un paisaje o una ciudad, quizá porque no tiene una sola sino muchas. Las fotografías de Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo y los comentarios que las prolongan atrapan torbellinos de almas y nos las ofrecen de tal modo que conmueven la nuestra. Nos enseñan a ver desde dentro y hacia dentro, sin resbalar sobre la superficie de las cosas».

—Fernando Savater

eBook Original: $9.99

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