When a Robot Decides to Die and Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780826502223)

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 Garc僘 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, Mar僘 de Zayas, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosa Montero, and Roberto Bola.

With a scholarly introduction by translator Bradley J. Nelson that introduces Garc僘 Gonz疝ez's oeuvre to contemporary readers and scholars of Spanish-language literature, this science fiction collection introduces Anglophones to this unique author.

Garc僘 Gonz疝ez 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 Mi騅ille, though his verbal economy and elegance are more akin to Cormac McCarthy, producing both disturbingly uncanny violence and unexpected comedy.

Author: Francisco Garc僘 Gonz疝ez
ISBN-10: 0826502229
ISBN-13: 9780826502223
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2021
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d