Autonosuya, curiosa novela politico-burlesca is a curious novel, first published by installments in the Cuban newspaper EL IMPARCIAL DE MATANZAS in 1886. As a book it was published posthumously in 1897. At that time, Cuba was going through the necessary war, initiated by Jose Marti in 1895 to secure the island's independence from Spain, a war that would end three years later with the U.S. intervention. From an ideological standpoint, Autonosuya is an indictment of Cuban independence and self-government. With that objective, Fontanilles narrates what would happen on the island once Spain...