"A Planet for Rent is the Englishlanguage debut of Yoss, one of Cubas most lauded writers of science fiction. Translated by David Frye, these linked stories craft a picture of a dystopian future Aliens called xenoids have invaded planet Earth, and people are looking to flee the economically and socially bankrupt remains of human civilization. Yoss smart and entertaining novel tackles themes like prostitution, immigration and political corruption. Ultimately, it serves as an empathetic yet impassioned metaphor for modernday Cuba, where the struggle for power has complicated every facet of society" NPR, Best Books of 2015Out of the modernday dystopia of Cuba comes an instant classic from the islands most celebrated science fiction author a raucous tale of a future in which a failing Earth is at the mercy of powerful capitalist alien colonizers.In A Planet for Rent, Yoss critiques life under Castro in the 90s by drawing parallels with a possible Earth of the notsodistant future. Wracked by economic and environmental problems, the desperate planet is rescued, for better or worse, by alien colonizers, who remake the planet as a tourist destination. Ruled over by a brutal interstellar bureaucracy, dispossessed humans seek better lives via the few routes availableworking for the colonial police eking out a living as black marketeers, drug dealers, or artists prostituting themselves to exploitative extraterrestrial visitorsor they face the cold void of space in rickety illegal...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Restless Books; Classification: FL; Weight: 464 g; Dimensions: 141 x 209 x 22

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