Juan the Landless George O. Head is set in 1950 New

is set in 1950 New Orleans

Brian Kakuk

Out of a population of 800

You will challenge your natural feelings

on letting go when we can’t hold on

Juan the Landless George O. Head is set in 1950 NewJuan Goytisolo's radical revision of his masterpiece Juan the Landless is the starting point for this new translation by renowned translator Peter Bush. The new text focuses on Goytisolo's surreal exploration and rejection of his own roots, Catholic Spain's repression of Muslims, Jews and gays, his ancestors' exploitation of Cuban slaves and his own forging of a language at once poetic, politic and ironic that celebrates the erotic act of writing and