Terra Nostra - Hardcover

Carlos-fuentes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374273278 ISBN 13: 9780374273279

Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976

Synopsis

Fuentes, Carlos. Terra Nostra. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976. Large Octavo. 778 pages. Original Hardcover in illustrated dustjacket. Very good or better in about very good dust jacket. Carlos Fuentes Macías About this sound audio (help·info) (November 11, 1928 - May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world and an important influence on the Latin American Boom, the explosion of Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s, while The Guardian called him Mexico's most celebrated novelist. His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor. He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won. (Wikipedia)

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Review:

"Terra Nostra is the spreading out of the novel, the exploration of its possibilities, the voyage to the edge of what only a novelist can see and say."

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0374273278
• ISBN 13: 9780374273279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1