Puerto Rican novels - Giannina Braschi

Puerto Rican Novels

Soy boricua. In spite of my family and in spite of my country—

I’m writing the process of the Puerto Rican mind—taking it out of context—as a native and a foreigner—expressing it through Spanish, Spanglish, and English—Independencia, Estado Libre Asociado, and Estadidad—from the position of a nation, a colony, and a state—Wishy, Wishy-Washy, and Washy—not as one political party that is parted into piddly parts and partied out. Todos los partidos están partidos y son unos partidos.

UNITED STATES OF BANANA

Giannina Braschi (2011)

A Dozen Puerto Rican Novels

Puerto Rican Novels in Alpha Order

Bodega Dreams – Ernesto Quiñonez (2000)
Down These Mean Streets – Piri Thomas (1967)
La guaracha del Macho Camacho (Macho Camacho’s Beat) – Luis Rafael Sánchez (1976)
The House on the Lagoon (La casa de la laguna) – Rosario Ferré (1995)
The Line of the Sun – Judith Ortiz Cofer (1989)
Maldito Amor – Rosario Ferré (1986)
Our Lady of the Night (Nuestra Señora de la Noche) – Mayra Santos-Febres (2006)
PUTINOIKA – Giannina Braschi (2024)
United States of Banana – Giannina Braschi (2011)
Vea NO! – Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (2011)
Conquistadora Esmeralda Santiago (1993)
Yo-Yo Boing! – Giannina Braschi (1998)

Puerto Rican & Nuyorican Novels in Chronological Order

1967: Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets
1976: Luis Rafael Sánchez, La guaracha del Macho Camacho
1986: Rosario Ferré, Maldito Amor
1989: Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Line of the Sun
1995: Rosario Ferré, The House on the Lagoon (La casa de la laguna)
1998: Giannina Braschi, Yo-Yo Boing!
2000: Ernesto Quiñonez, Bodega Dreams
2006: Mayra Santos-Febres, Our Lady of the Night (Nuestra Señora de la Noche)
2011: Giannina Braschi, United States of Banana
2011: Esmeralda Santiago, Conquistadora
2011: Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Vea NO!
2024: Giannina Braschi, PUTINOIKA