Produktinformationen zu „Chicano Frankenstein (ePub)“
A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging and assimilation
An unnamed paralegal, brought back to life through a controversial process, maneuvers through a near-future world that both needs and resents him. As the United States president spouts anti-reanimation rhetoric and giant pharmaceutical companies rake in profits, the man falls in love with lawyer Faustina Godínez. His world expands as he meets her network of family and friends, setting him on a course to discover his first-life history, which the reanimation process erased. With elements of science fiction, horror, political satire and romance, Chicano Frankenstein confronts our nation's bigotries and the question of what it truly means to be human.
Autoren-Porträt von Daniel A. Olivas
I wrote Chicano Frankenstein in 50 days, starting on October 10 and completing it on November 29, 2023. Because I have a demanding day job as a government attorney, I wrote in the early morning and in the evening, then during the weekends, and over the Thanksgiving holiday. But as any writer knows, much of the "writing" occurs away from the keyboard. About a year before I started the actual writing, I got the idea of addressing our country's continuing xenophobia through a modern retelling of a classic horror novel where the true "monsters" were those in power who wanted to eradicate those who are classified as "the other." Mary Shelley's Frankenstein seemed like the perfect fit, a novel I read when I was young. So, I listened to the audio book several times while walking and relaxing. Over time, my version of the story started to take form in my imagination. Finally, after about a year of thinking about it, I was ready to write, and it came out in 50 days. I note that the Frankenstein monster of the Universal Pictures films was decidedly not an inspiration for my novel. Though I loved those movies as a child, the "monster" of the novel is eloquent, while the one from the movies only grunted and said a few strained words. Shelley's monster is so much more interesting and nuanced, something I wanted to capture in my own novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
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Autor:
Daniel A. Olivas
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2024, Englisch
- Verlag: Forest Avenue Press
- ISBN-10: 1942436602
- ISBN-13: 9781942436607
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.03.2024
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Dateiformat: ePub
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Grösse: 2.72 MB
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