United States of Banana
| Author | Giannina Braschi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | September 11, Terrorism, Colonialism, Revolution, Puerto Rican Independence, Love |
| Genre | |
| Set in | United States; Puerto Rico |
| Published | 2011 |
| Publisher | AmazonCrossing |
Publication date | November 8th, 2011 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 305 |
| ISBN | 9781611090673 |
United States of Banana is a 2011 postmodern allegorical novel by the Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi. It is a cross-genre work that blends experimental theatre, prose poetry, short story, and political philosophy with a manifesto on democracy and American life in a post-9/11 world. The book dramatizes the global war on terror and narrates the author's displacement after the attacks from her home in the Battery Park neighborhood in New York City. The work addresses Latin American immigration to the United States, Puerto Rico's colonial status, and "power imbalances within the Americas."