{"product_id":"when-a-robot-decides-to-die-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancisco García González\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBradley J. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancisco García González\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, editor, and screenwriter. He was born in Havana in 1963. He won Cuba's Hemingway Short Story Prize in 1999. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBradley J. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Spanish at Concordia University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52546301788467,"sku":"9780826502223","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aWRRTUtJN3liMDFYWHBTTXpSNmxjZz09.webp?v=1760983112","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/when-a-robot-decides-to-die-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}