Tentacle - Winner of the 2017 Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers

Informationen zum Autor Born and raised in the Dominican Republic and now living in Puerto Rico, Rita Indiana is a driving force in contemporary Caribbean literature and music. She is the author of three collections of stories and five novels. Three of her novels have been translated into English. Papi made World Literature Today’s 2016 list of 75 Notable Translations. Tentacle, published by And Other Stories, won the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers, the first book written in Spanish to do so. Achy Obejas is a writer, journalist and translator. She is the author of the novels Ruins and Days of Awe, as well as three other books of fiction. She edited and translated (into English) the anthology Havana Noir. She currently serves as the Director of the MFA in Translation program at Mills College in Oakland, California. She is from Cuba and lives in California. Klappentext Apocalypse, sex and time travel shape this exciting feminist dystopia novel, equal parts telenovela and "The Tempest". Rita Indiana is also a prominent musician with Rita Indiana y los Misterios. Zusammenfassung An electric tale of apocalypse, sex and time travel from one of the Caribbean’s most extraordinary cultural figures.

Product details

• Authors: Rita Indiana
• Assisted by: Achy Obejas (Translation), Obejas Achy (Translation)
• Publisher: And Other Stories
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2018
• EAN: 9781911508342
• ISBN: 978-1-911508-34-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Fiction in translation, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Gender studies: transgender & intersex