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United States of Banana

Title
United States of Banana / text, Giannina Braschi ; bild, Joakim Lindengren ; översättning, Helena Eriksson.
Author
Braschi, Giannina
Publication
  • [Sweden] : Cobolt, [2017]
  • ©2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Lindengren, Joakim
  • Eriksson, Helena, 1966-
Description
104 pages : chiefly illustrations (black & white); 32 cm
Summary
  • "United States of Banana är en politisk, filosofisk och humoristisk allegori över Puerto Ricos och Latinamerikas roll i USA, i dag och i framtiden. Dramat utspelar sig till stor del vid Frihetsgudinnan i New Yorks hamn, i efterdyningarna av elfte september-attacken. Dit kommer Hamlet, Zarathustra och författarjaget Giannina för att befria prins Segismundo ur den fängelsehåla under statyn där han suttit inspärrad i över hundra år." --Back cover.
  • 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 United States of Banana.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Adaptations.
  • Comic books, strips, etc.
  • Graphic novels.
Note
  • Graphic adaptation of Giannina Braschi's 2011 book, The United States of Banana.
  • Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi and Swedish cartoonist Joakim Lindengren team up to turn her book into a graphic novel.
Language (note)
  • Text adapted and translated from the English.
Call Number
ReCAP 18-22288
ISBN
  • 9789187861482
  • 9187861488
OCLC
1013184821
Author
Braschi, Giannina, author.
Title
United States of Banana / text, Giannina Braschi ; bild, Joakim Lindengren ; översättning, Helena Eriksson.
Publisher
[Sweden] : Cobolt, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
Text adapted and translated from the English.
Added Author
Lindengren, Joakim, illustrator, artist.
Eriksson, Helena, 1966- translator.
Research Call Number
ReCAP 18-22288
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