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Discover the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel, Freeway: La Movie, a captivating journey set in mid-21st century Havana. This award-winning narrative intricately weaves American pop culture with the complex tapestry of Cuban-US relations, inviting readers to explore a world rich in contradictions and chaos. The story follows two misfits as they traverse a colossal, incomplete freeway, a marvel of engineering intended to connect Cuba and the United States. The unique structure becomes a backdrop for their adventure, even as they document its construction in a film that reflects the fragmented essence of their reality.
Each story in this novel reveals how intertwined the past and future are, as the characters navigate themes of identity, modernization, and dystopia. Delve into a satirical lens that examines the collision between the body and the machine, reality versus fiction, and the enduring struggle with personal identity amidst rigid societal categories.
Freeway: La Movie challenges readers to reconcile the absurdity of the contemporary cultural landscape, from Havana’s streets to the influence of American media, presenting a poignant exploration of the human condition in a rapidly changing world. Don't miss this thought-provoking trade paperback from Deep Vellum Publishing, perfect for fans of cyberpunk and speculative fiction.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781646051823
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781646051823
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Description:
An award-winning cyberpunk novel set in mid-21st century Cuba, Freeway: La Movie crosses the absurdity of American pop culture with the deep, fragmented unease of Cuban-US relations.
A novel-in-stories set in mid-twenty-first century dystopian Havana, Freeway narrates the adventure of two misfits wandering the construction site of a colossal freeway-to-be — a mysterious feat of engineering that slices through Havana, designed to connect the US and Cuba. The two embark on a futile journey, overlaid with the elusive filming of a documentary about the freeway construction. Both film quality and interior monologues drift aimlessly, haunted by Cuban history and US pop culture.
Freeway: La Movie is a satirical novel that attempts to reconcile what might be hopelessly irreconcilable: the body and the machine; analog and digital; post-industrial overdevelopment and post-socialist underdevelopment; Cuba and the US; reality and fiction; the plasticity of personal identity and rigid categories such as gender, class, and nationality. Through the clash of utopian promises and dystopian realities, Freeway reveals the unease of contemporary culture from the US to Cuba.
Each story in this novel reveals how intertwined the past and future are, as the characters navigate themes of identity, modernization, and dystopia. Delve into a satirical lens that examines the collision between the body and the machine, reality versus fiction, and the enduring struggle with personal identity amidst rigid societal categories.
Freeway: La Movie challenges readers to reconcile the absurdity of the contemporary cultural landscape, from Havana’s streets to the influence of American media, presenting a poignant exploration of the human condition in a rapidly changing world. Don't miss this thought-provoking trade paperback from Deep Vellum Publishing, perfect for fans of cyberpunk and speculative fiction.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781646051823
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781646051823
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Description:
An award-winning cyberpunk novel set in mid-21st century Cuba, Freeway: La Movie crosses the absurdity of American pop culture with the deep, fragmented unease of Cuban-US relations.
A novel-in-stories set in mid-twenty-first century dystopian Havana, Freeway narrates the adventure of two misfits wandering the construction site of a colossal freeway-to-be — a mysterious feat of engineering that slices through Havana, designed to connect the US and Cuba. The two embark on a futile journey, overlaid with the elusive filming of a documentary about the freeway construction. Both film quality and interior monologues drift aimlessly, haunted by Cuban history and US pop culture.
Freeway: La Movie is a satirical novel that attempts to reconcile what might be hopelessly irreconcilable: the body and the machine; analog and digital; post-industrial overdevelopment and post-socialist underdevelopment; Cuba and the US; reality and fiction; the plasticity of personal identity and rigid categories such as gender, class, and nationality. Through the clash of utopian promises and dystopian realities, Freeway reveals the unease of contemporary culture from the US to Cuba.