A Legend Of The Future

Agustin de Rojas

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Restless Books, 2015

1632060353 / 9781632060358

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Agustin de Rojas, Restless Books. "Finally, we have the chance to read a landmark work from one of Cuba's greatest science fiction writers. If you like intensely psychological sci-fi that deftly piles on the suspense, this novel's for you. The boundaries between dream and reality, and then between human and machine, almost melt away as the story progresses. And it is de Rojas's skillful manipulation of those boundaries that makes A Legend of the Future so addictive." -SF SignalThe first book by the father of Cuban science fiction to be translated into English, this mesmerizing novel, reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, is a science-fiction survival story that captures the intense pressures-economic, ideological, and psychological-inside Communist Cuba.A Legend of the Future takes place inside a spaceship on a groundbreaking mission to Titan, one of Saturn's moons; back home, a final conflict between warring superpowers threatens the fate of the Earth. When disaster strikes the ship, the crewmembers are forced into a grand experiment in psychological and emotional conditioning, in which they face not just their innermost fears, but the ultimate sacrifice-their very humanity.Agustn de Rojas (19492011) is the patron saint of Cuban science fiction. A professor of the history of theater at the Escuela de Instructores de Arte in Villa Clara, he authored a canonical trilogy of novels consisting of Espiral (Spiral, 1982), for which he was awarded the David Prize; Una leyenda del future (A Legend of the Future, 1985); and El ao 200 (The Year 200, 1990), all of which are scheduled for publication in English translation by Restless Books. While he was heavily influenced by Ray Bradbury and translated Isaac Asimov into Spanish, de Rojas aligned himself mostly with Soviet writers such as Ivan Yefremov and the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. After the fall of the Soviet Union, de Rojas stopped writing science fiction. He spent his final years persuaded-and persuading others-that Fidel Castro did not exist.Nick Caistor is a British journalist, nonfiction author, and translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature. He has translated Cesar Aira, Paulo Coelho, Eduardo Mendoza, Juan Mars, and Manuel Vzquez Montalban, and he has twice won the ValleIncln Prize for translation. He regularly contributes to Radio 4, the BBC World Service, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Guardian. He lives in Norwich, England.…

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Titolo
A Legend Of The Future
Autore
Agustin de Rojas
Editore
Restless Books
Anno di pubblicazione
2015
Tipo di libro
Paperback
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1632060353
ISBN 13
9781632060358
Peso dell'articolo
0,281 chilogrammi
Dimensioni
140

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