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02703aam a2200445 i 4500 001 7AD656F413BB11ED9C55A27642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220804010129 008 211017s2022 enk e 000 f eng d 020 $a 9781913505363 020 $a 1913505367 035 $a (OCoLC)1276932145 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d IG$ $d RNL $d OCLCF $d JCX $d SINLB $d YDX $d IH9 $d IWP $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 100 1 $a Villalobos, Juan Pablo, $d 1973- 240 10 $a InvasioÌn del pueblo del espiÌritu. $l English 245 10 $a Invasion of the spirit people / $c Juan Pablo Villalobos ; translated by Rosalind Harvey. 250 $a First Edition in English. 264 1 $a Sheffield : $b And Other Stories, $c 2022. 300 $a 233 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a "Originally published in 2020 by Editorial Anagrama S.A., Barcelona, as La invasioÌn del pueblo del espiÌritu."--Title page verso. 520 $a Juan Pablo Villalobos's fifth novel adopts a gentle, fable-like tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer absurdity. In an unnamed city, occupied by an unnamed world power, an immigrant named Gast̤n makes his living selling exotic vegetables to eateries around the city. He has a dog called Kitten, who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a good friend called Max, who's in a deep depression after being forced to close his restaurant. Meanwhile, Max's son, Pol, a scientist away on a scientific expedition into the Arctic, can offer little support. Gast̤n begins a quest, or rather three: he must search for someone to put his dog to sleep humanely; he must find a space in which to open a new restaurant with Max; and he must look into the truth behind the news being sent back by Pol: that human life may be the by-product of an ancient alien attempt at colonization . . . and those aliens might intend to make a return visit. 546 $a Text in English, translated from the Spanish. 650 0 $a Colonization $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Human-alien encounters $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Male friendship $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Neighborhoods $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers and sons $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Immigrants $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Scientists $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Pets $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Restaurants $x Fiction. 700 1 $a Harvey, Rosalind, $d 1982- 941 $a 4 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907011552.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20230407010321.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20220824011055.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804025209.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7AD656F413BB11ED9C55A27642ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search