Terra Nostra

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Dalkey Archive Press, 2003 - 785 páginas
One of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction, Terra Nostra is concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, the passion, and the death of civilizations. Fuentes skillfully blends a wide range of literary forms, stories within stories, Mexican and Spanish myth, and famous literary characters in this novel that is both a historical epic and an apocalyptic vision of modern times. Terra Nostra is that most ambitious and rare of creations--a total work of art.

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Flesh Spheres Gray Eyes Beside the Seine
9
At the Feet of El Señor
31
Who Are You?
58
The Kiss of the Page
102
The Silent Hour
129
Juan Agrippa
145
Concubium
270
THE NEW WORLD
349
Memory upon the Lips
539
The Free Spirit
577
The Cabo de los Desastres
583
The Seven Days of El Señor
589
Confessions of a Confessor
652
Manuscript of a Stoic
676
Ashes
700
The Restoration
713

Whirlpool of the Night
361
Day of the Water Night of the Phantom
412
Love of Water
489
The Somnambulist
522
Two Speak of Three
528
The Thirtythree Steps
752
The Last City
760
AFTERWORD
779
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Carlos Fuentes was born in Panama on November 11, 1928. He studied law at the National University of Mexico and did graduate work at the Institute des Hautes Etudes in Switzerland. He entered Mexico's diplomatic service and wrote in his spare time. His first novel, Where the Air Is Clear, was published in 1958. His other works include The Death of Artemio Cruz, Destiny and Desire, and Vlad. The Old Gringo was later adapted as a film starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda in 1989. He won numerous awards including the Fuentes the Romulo Gallegos Prize in Venezuela for Terra Nostra, the National Order of Merit in France, the Cervantes Prize in 1987, and Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for literature in 1994. He also wrote essays, short stories, screenplays, and political nonfiction. In addition to writing, he taught at numerous universities, including Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He served as the ambassador of Mexico to France. He died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 83.

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