{"id":11331,"date":"2015-11-02T00:10:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/superheroesincolor-the-assimilated-cubans\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T23:56:29","slug":"superheroesincolor-the-assimilated-cubans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/superheroesincolor-the-assimilated-cubans\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11331 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/superheroesincolor-the-assimilated-cubans\/attachment\/11332\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_nwv1npoo1q1u496xso1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/superheroesincolor.tumblr.com\/post\/132099122194\">superheroesincolor<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>The Assimilated Cuban\u2019s Guide to Quantum Santeria\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><i>By Carlos Hernandez\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssimilation is founded on surrender and being broken; this collection of short stories features people who have assimilated, but are actively trying to reclaim their lives. There is a concert pianist who defies death by uploading his soul into his piano. There is the person who draws his mother\u2019s ghost out of the bullet hole in the wall near where she was executed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another character has a horn growing out of the center of his forehead &#8211; punishment for an affair. But he is too weak to end it, too much in love to be moral. Another story recounts a panda breeder looking for tips. And then there\u2019s a border patrol agent trying to figure out how to process undocumented visitors from another galaxy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Poignant by way of funny, and philosophical by way of grotesque, Hernandez\u2019s stories are prayers for self-sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Get the book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kJYu3L\"><b>here<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and leave a review if you can.<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<p>[ Follow SuperheroesInColor on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superheroesincolor?ref=bookmarks\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superheroesincolor?ref=bookmarks\">facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeroesInColor00\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeroesInColor00\">twitter<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/superheroesincolor.tumblr.com\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/superheroesincolor.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a> ] <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>superheroesincolor: The Assimilated Cuban\u2019s Guide to Quantum Santeria\u00a0 By Carlos Hernandez\u00a0 \u201cAssimilation is founded on surrender and being broken; this collection of short stories features people who have assimilated, but are actively trying to reclaim their lives. There is a concert pianist who defies death by uploading his soul into his piano. 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