Braschi, Giannina creator text nvu Las Vegas, NV AmazonCrossing c2011 2011 monographic eng spa

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305 p. ; 21 cm. United States of Banana takes place at the Statue of Liberty in post-9/11 New York City, where Hamlet, Zarathustra, and Giannina are on a quest to free the Puerto Rican prisoner Segismundo. Segismundo has been imprisoned for more than one hundred years, hidden away by his father, the king of the United States of Banana, for the crime of having been born. But when the king remarries, he frees his son, and for the sake of reconciliation, makes Puerto Rico the fifty-first state and grants American passports to all Latin American citizens. This staggering show of benevolence rocks the global community, causing an unexpected power shift with far reaching implications. Giannina Braschi. n-us-ny n-us--- Hispanic Americans New York (State) New York Fiction Puerto Ricans United States Fiction PS3552.R32753 U55 2011 813/.54 9781611090673 (pbk.) 1611090679 (pbk.) 2011904665 JAI 120117 20170131120335.0 17123718