{"product_id":"the-great-zoo-by-nicolas-guillen-9780226834795","title":"The Great Zoo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fantastical collection of poems by revolutionary Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén presented in a Spanish-English bilingual edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 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 travelled the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Spanish in 1967, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Zoo\u003c\/em\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 racialisation, oppression, and exoticism, this bilingual edition stands as a testament to Guillén's carnivalesque vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455768281324,"sku":"9780226834795","price":33.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61UdNZXdIzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774797712","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-great-zoo-by-nicolas-guillen-9780226834795","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}