Nicolás Guillén
Arnal Ballester (illustrations)
«In the aquarium of the Great Zoo, / swims the Caribbean. This seagoing / and enigmatic animal / has a crystal crescent, a blue back, a green tail, / a belly of dense coral, / gray fins of cylcone speed. In the aquarium, this inscription: “Beware: it bites”.»
An unusual bestiary and a surprising book of tales in which poetry, humour and social commentary flow together, The Great Zoo is one of the key works in Latin American poetry. Guillen’s astonishing verbal power achieves its maximum expression in these texts
With these illustrations, Arnal Ballester, winner of the National Prize for Illustration 2008, has managed to establish a surprising dialogue with the words of the great Cuban poet, to create a work without compare.
Arnal Ballester, National Prize for Illustration 2008
160 x 240 mm; 64 pp. Hardback with Jacket | ISBN: 978-84-96509-38-9
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