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Información de la obraBinti por Nnedi Okorafor (2015)
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HTML: Su nombre es Binti, y es la primera de los himba a la que se le ha ofrecido una plaza en Oomza Uni: la mejor institucin de enseanza superior de la galaxia. Aceptar esta oferta significar abandonar su casa, su familia y viajar a travs de las estrellas entre extraos que no comparten su forma de ser ni respetan sus costumbres. Lo que Binti no sabe es que el conocimiento le costar caro. Una sanguinaria raza aliengena, las medusas, amenazan su viaje y, para poder sobrevivir, necesitar la ayuda de su pueblo y de la sabidura contenida en la Universidad. Ganadora de un premio Hugo en 2016, un Nbula en 2015 y nominada al Locus, Binti es una historia intensa y condensada. En Binti comprobaremos cmo funcionan los prejuicios con los que crecemos y cmo se desmorona este sistema de creencias cuando se trata de afrontar lo desconocido. Nuevos lugares, nuevos modos de comunicarse y el temido y a la vez cautivador contacto con el otro, ya sea una raza aliengena o una cultura africana, tan distante de la nuestra, que podramos sentir de otro planeta diferente. Este viaje transformar a quien lo emprende de forma irremediable, sin posibilidad de volver atrs. .No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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