{"id":45411,"date":"2016-04-27T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/amazoncrossing-launches-estados-unidos-de-banana-puerto-rican-novel-foresees-debt-crisis\/"},"modified":"2016-04-27T07:44:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T11:44:19","slug":"amazoncrossing-en-espanol-lanza-estados-unidos-de-banana-libro-latinoamericano-vislumbra-la-desintegracion-del-imperio-americano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/amazoncrossing-en-espanol-lanza-estados-unidos-de-banana-libro-latinoamericano-vislumbra-la-desintegracion-del-imperio-americano\/","title":{"rendered":"AmazonCrossing Launches &#8220;Estados Unidos de Banana&#8221;, Puerto Rican Novel Foresees Debt Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0A debt crisis is a catalyst for <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico&#8217;s<\/span> independence and the disintegration of American states in &#8220;Estados Unidos de Banana,&#8221; a dramatic novel by <span class=\"xn-person\">Giannina Braschi<\/span>.\u00a0 The book is available for the first time in Spanish in print and kindle through AmazonCrossing en Espa\u00f1ol<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg959fleftMSAsset675920\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\" hostedurl=\"https:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160425\/360365\" assettitle=\"Estados Unidos de Banana United States of Banana\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg959fleftMSAsset675920\" title=\"A Puerto Rican debt crisis is a catalyst for the disintegration of the American empire in United States of Banana.  The postcolonial dramatic novel by Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi depicts the secession of American states and territories, starting with Puerto Rico's declaration of independence. The works is now available in Spanish translation by Manolo Broncano through AmazonCrossing en Espanol.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Puerto Rican debt crisis is a catalyst for the disintegration of the American empire in United States of Banana.  The postcolonial dramatic novel by Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi depicts the secession of American states and territories, starting with Puerto Rico's declaration of independence. The works is now available in Spanish translation by Manolo Broncano through AmazonCrossing en Espanol.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"Product\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20160425\/360365\"\/><\/div>\n<p><i>&#8220;The <\/i><i><span class=\"xn-location\">United States of America<\/span><\/i><i> will become <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> of Banana. And <\/i><i><span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span><\/i><i> will be the first half-and-half <\/i><i>banana republic<\/i><i> state incorporated that will secede from the union. Then will come <span class=\"xn-person\">Liberty Island<\/span>, then Mississippi Burning, Texas BBQ, Kentucky Fried Chicken\u2014all of them\u2014New York Yankees, Jersey Devils\u2014you name it\u2014will want to break apart\u2014and demand a separation\u2014a <\/i><i>divorce<\/i><i>. Things will not go well for the banana republic when the shackles and chains of democracy break loose and unleash the dogs of war. Separation\u2014divorce\u2014disintegration of subject matters that don&#8217;t matter anymore\u2014only verbs\u2014actions. Americans will walk like chickens with their heads cut off,&#8221; <\/i>writes <span class=\"xn-person\">Giannina Braschi<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Originally written in English, &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> of Banana&#8221; has become a staple of post 911 literature in universities\u00a0since the book debuted in English in 2011 and has inspired artists of various mediums.\u00a0 The mixed-genre work was produced as a theater play by <span class=\"xn-org\">Columbia University<\/span>, a series of short art films, and is forth coming as a comic book. \u00a0The work\u00a0parodies the\u00a0shifting\u00a0dynamics between <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>, and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>, with a nod to the rising economic influences of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>. Associated Press called <span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> of Banana a work of unlimited imagination. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Braschi is &#8220;one of the most revolutionary voices in Latin American Literature today&#8221; according to PEN American Center. She is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts. \u00a0She\u00a0writes in Spanish, Spanglish, and English to express the cultural journey of millions of Hispanic immigrants in the US and to dramatize the three options of her native <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>: nation, colony, or statehood. She is the author of the epic poem\u00a0El imperio de los sue\u00f1os and the Spanglish classic novel <span class=\"xn-person\">Yo-Yo Boing<\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish translation by <span class=\"xn-person\">Manuel Broncano<\/span> is on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">amazon.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.es\/Estados-Unidos-Banana-Giannina-Braschi-ebook\/dp\/B01C47Y0IE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.amazon.es\/Estados-Unidos-Banana-Giannina-Braschi-ebook\/dp\/B01C47Y0IE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160425\/360365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160425\/360365<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0A debt crisis is a catalyst for <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico&#8217;s<\/span> independence and the disintegration of American states in &#8220;Estados Unidos de Banana,&#8221; a dramatic novel by <span class=\"xn-person\">Giannina Braschi<\/span>.\u00a0 The book is available for the first time in Spanish in print and kindle through AmazonCrossing en Espa\u00f1ol<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg959fleftMSAsset675920&quot; style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}