{"product_id":"super-extra-grande-paperback","title":"Super Extra Grande - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Frye\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction of 2016 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarnes and Noble Best Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intergalactic space travel meets outrageous, biting satire in \u003ci\u003eSuper Extra Grande\u003c\/i\u003e.... 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.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the playfulness and ingenuity of Douglas Adams, the Cuban science-fiction master Yoss delivers a space opera of intergalactic proportions with \u003ci\u003eSuper Extra Grande\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the twentieth annual UPC Science Fiction Award in 2011. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a distant future in which Latin Americans have pioneered faster-than-light space travel, Dr. Jan Amos Sangan Dongo has a job with large and unusual responsibilities: he's a veterinarian who specializes in treating enormous alien animals. Mountain-sized amoebas, multisex species with bizarre reproductive processes, razor-nailed, carnivorous humanoid hunters: Dr. Sangan has seen it all. When a colonial conflict threatens the fragile peace between the galaxy's seven intelligent species, he must embark on a daring mission through the insides of a gigantic creature and find two swallowed ambassadors--who also happen to be his competing love interests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunny, witty, raunchy, and irrepressibly vivacious, \u003ci\u003eSuper Extra Grande\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare specimen in the richly parodic tradition of Cuban science fiction, and could only have been written by a Cuban heavy-metal rock star with a biology degree: the inimitable Yoss.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, \u003cb\u003eYoss\u003c\/b\u003e assumed his pen name in 1988, when he won the Premio David in the science fiction category for Timshel. Together with his peculiar pseudonym, the author's aesthetic of an impentinent rocker has allowed him to stand out amongst his fellow Cuban writers. Earning a degree in Biology in 1991, he went on to graduate from the first ever course on Narrative Techniques at the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Center of Literary Training, in the year 1999. Today, Yoss writes both realistic and science fiction works. Alongside these novels, the author produces essays, reviews, and compilations, and actively promotes the Cuban science fiction literary workshops, Espiral and Espacio Abierto. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he isn't translating, \u003cb\u003eDavid Frye\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Latin American culture and society at the University of Michigan. Translations include \u003ci\u003eFirst New Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood Government\u003c\/i\u003e by Guaman Poma de Ayala (Peru, 1615); \u003ci\u003eThe Mangy Parrot\u003c\/i\u003e by José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi (Mexico, 1816), for which he received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship; \u003ci\u003eWriting across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation\u003c\/i\u003e in Latin America by Ángel Rama (Uruguay, 1982), and several Cuban and Spanish novels and poems.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700859047999,"sku":"9781632060563","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/df98cbe1b54db53840f503c4634befb9.webp?v=1765018422","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/super-extra-grande-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}