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Yoss


Cuba (b.1969)

Born José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, Yoss assumed his pen name in 1988, when he won the Premio David Award in the science fiction category for Timshel. Together with his peculiar pseudonym, the author's aesthetic of an impentinent rocker has allowed him to stand out amongst his fellow Cuban writers. Earning a degree in Biology in 1991, he went on to graduate from the first ever course on Narrative Techniques at the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Center of Literary Training, in the year 1999. Today, Yoss writes both realistic and science fiction works. Alongside these novels, the author produces essays, reviews, and compilations, and actively promotes the Cuban science fiction literary workshops, Espiral and Espacio Abierto.
 


Genres: Science Fiction
 
Novels
   A Planet for Rent (2015)
   Super Extra Grande (2016)
   Condomnauts (2018)
   Red Dust (2020)
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Award nominations
2016 Philip K Dick Award (nominee) : Super Extra Grande


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The Trial of Anna Thalberg (2024)
Eduardo Sangarcía
"With an audacious style, a singular use of juxtaposed dialogue, and a structure reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Eduardo Sangarcia achieves a narrative feat that keeps us hooked until the very last line. Although we know what will happen, since he has advertised it from the beginning, we believe in the unexpected, hoping for the miracle to occur. In the end, he both pleases and surprises us, just the way great literature ought to do."

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