{"product_id":"cubanthropy-two-futures-that-happened-while-you-were-busy-thinking-paperback","title":"Cubanthropy: Two Futures That Happened While You Were Busy Thinking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIv疣 de la Nuez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCuban art critic and curator Iv疣 de la Nuez explores the effects of the policies that have tried to constrain or liberate Cuba in recent decades in these sparkling essays of cultural criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssays on Cuba and the Cuban diaspora, on racism and Big Data, Guant疣amo and Reggaeton, soccer and baseball, Obama and the Rolling Stones, Europe and Donald Trump--de la Nuez approaches his criticism with singularity of purpose. In \u003ci\u003eCubanthropy\u003c\/i\u003e he does not set out to explain Cuba to the world, but rather to put the world into a Cuban context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nothing explains our vexed world quite like Cuba and no one anywhere writes more brilliantly, more prophetically, more impossibly than Iv疣 de la Nuez. As in all of his finest work, Cubanthropy delivers you beyond your old horizons into a realm of startling possibilities. Do not miss this extraordinary book or this extraordinary warlock of a writer.\" \u003cb\u003e--Junot D?z, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lose Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cubanthropy may just be the smartest writing on Cuba--and beyond--I've read in ages. Insightful, unsparing, funny, and with an unerring eye for the paradoxical, Iv疣 de la Nuez has written the definitive compilation on 21st-century Cuba. Essential reading for all who care about how the past, present, and future are disturbingly converging on the island, and off.\" \u003cb\u003e--Cristina Garc?, author of forthcoming \u003ci\u003eVanishing Maps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIVﾁN DE LA NUEZ\u003c\/b\u003e is an essayist, a critic and an art curator. In 1995, he received the Rockefeller Fellowship for the Humanities. He has written art and literary criticism in numerous media, such as \u003ci\u003eEl Pa?\u003c\/i\u003e and the cultural magazine, \u003ci\u003eLa Maleta de Portbou\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been director of the Center for the Image of Barcelona, La Virreina, as well as curator of several highly relevant exhibitions. Author of different anthologies, such as \u003ci\u003eCuba: The Possible Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eLandscapes After the Wall \u003c\/i\u003e(1999) or \u003ci\u003eCuba and the Day After\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), his essays \u003ci\u003eThe Perpetual Raft \u003c\/i\u003e(1998) and \u003ci\u003eRed Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) have achieved a great reception amongst the critics and the public, and they have been translated into several languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eELLEN JONES\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator from Spanish to English, a writer, and an editor. Her recent translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Remains\u003c\/i\u003e by Margo Glantz (Charco Press, 2023), \u003ci\u003eThe Forgery\u003c\/i\u003e by Ave Barrera (Charco Press, 2022, co-translated with Robin Myers), and \u003ci\u003eNancy\u003c\/i\u003e by Bruno Lloret (Two Lines Press, 2021). Her monograph, \u003ci\u003eLiterature in Motion: Translating Multilingualism Across the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis published by Columbia University Press (2022).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764824047904,"sku":"9781644213247","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8343131a31eabee8af605b1ebe277e09.webp?v=1780255740","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cubanthropy-two-futures-that-happened-while-you-were-busy-thinking-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}