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When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories

When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories Humour & Satire

When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories

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A manufactured and pre-programmed serial killer; a suicidal robot; a romantic necrophiliac; and an archaeologist who feeds the perverse desires of aficionados of the apocalypse-Francisco García Gonzalez's stories map out literary and metafictional approaches to the sci-fi universe in ways that echo the humor and violence of Miguel de Cervantes, María de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto Bolaño.
With a scholarly introduction by translator Bradley J. Nelson that introduces García González's oeuvre to contemporary readers and scholars of Spanish-language literature, this science fiction collection introduces Anglophones to this unique author.
García González turns a black mirror on contemporary society and its relation both to history and to the future. His insightfulness and relevance draw comparisons with Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson, and China Miéville, though his verbal economy and elegance are more akin to Cormac McCarthy, producing both disturbingly uncanny violence and unexpected comedy.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
180
Release Date:
2021-11-15
Publication Date:
2021-11-15
Publisher:
Vanderbilt University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826502229
ISBN13:
9780826502223
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Weight:
235 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
10 cm

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