Destiny and Desire - Hardcover

Fuentes, Carlos; Grossman, Edith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400068800 ISBN 13: 9781400068807

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Set apart from their peers by a shared philosophical curiosity, Mexican orphans Josué and Jericó take high-power jobs after college and are exposed to a complex web of corruption that forces them to evaluate their perspectives on free will. By Mexico’s National Prize in Literature-winning author of The Death of Artemio Cruz.

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About the Author:

Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than twenty books, including Happy Families, The Eagle’s Throne, This I Believe, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The Old Gringo. He served as Mexico’s ambassador to France from 1975 to 1977. He has received many awards and honors, including the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the National Prize in Literature (Mexico’s highest literary award), as well as France’s Legion of Honor medal, and Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award. His work has appeared in The Nation, Vanity Fair, and The New York Times. He currently divides his time between Mexico City and London.

Edith Grossman, the winner of a number of translating awards, most notably the 2006 PEN Ralph Manheim Medal, is the distinguished translator of works by major Spanish-language authors, including Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Mayra Montero, and Álvaro Mutis, as well as Carlos Fuentes. Her translation of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote was published to great acclaim in 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1400068800
• ISBN 13: 9781400068807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432