Where the Air Is Clear
Where the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes constructs his novel around a series of encounters with members of this world, including Federico Robles, an ambitious self-made millionaire; Rodrigo Pola, a writer whose father was executed in the Mexican Revolution; and Norma Larragoiti, a social climber striving to erase her humble past. At the center of these events is Ixca Cienfuegos, an enigmatic figure who views the dramas enacted around him with unusual clarity, and who, with the aid of an Indian priestess, plots the destr…
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Weitere Autoren: Padilla, Ignacio (Solist) / Hileman, Sam (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-56478-344-8
- EAN: 9781564783448
- Produktnummer: 9976675
- Verlag: Dalkey Archive Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 373 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.7 cm x D3.0 cm 544 g
- Auflage: Dalkey Archive
- Gewicht: 544
- Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.
Über den Autor
Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was one of the most influential and celebrated voices in Latin American literature. He was the author of 24 novels, including Aura, The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra, and also wrote numerous plays, short stories, and essays. He received the 1987 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor. Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Mexican parents, and moved to Mexico as a teenager. He served as an ambassador to England and France, and taught at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Columbia. He died in Mexico City in 2012.
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