United States of Banana

by Giannina Braschi

Book Overview

Giannina Braschi explores the cultural and political journey of nearly 50 million Hispanic Americans living in the United States in this explosive new work of fiction, her first written in originally in English. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611090679
• ISBN13: 9781611090673
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Amazon Crossing
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"