Distant Relations
Distant Relations begins in the elegant Automobile club de France as an elderly Count tells a story to the unnamed narrator. But the book does not remain here in the cafe, nor even in France. Instead, as the Count speaks, the story moves across time and space, from Latin America to Europe, from generation to generation. We hear of Hugo, a noted Mexican archeologist, and of his young son, Victor, who were once the Count's houseguests. He tells of their time in France, of their complicated pasts and their uncertain relationships. This is a story of lost memory and failed promises, one about the past's unbending influence on the present. Distant…
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Weitere Autoren: Peden, Margaret Sayers (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-56478-345-5
- EAN: 9781564783455
- Produktnummer: 2297992
- Verlag: Dalkey Archive Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 225 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B14.6 cm x D1.8 cm 299 g
- Gewicht: 299
- 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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