Distant Relations (Uncorrected Proof)

FUENTES, Carlos

ISBN 10: 0374140820 / ISBN 13: 9780374140823

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1982

About this Item

First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A novel translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A tight close to near fine copy in green printed wrappers with some minor wear to the top of the spine and faint paperclip impressions to the top of the front panel.

Seller Inventory # 120451

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Distant Relations (Uncorrected Proof)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374140820
• ISBN 13: 9780374140823
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

The Comte de Branly narrates a story about the relationships in a family named Heredia, focusing on two pairs of fathers and sons and highlighting the mutual, corrupting influences at work between the Old World and the New

About the Authors

Carlos Fuentes, born in Panama in 1928, has taught at Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and many other universities. He is the author of more than a dozen novels--including, most recently, Inez (2002) and The Years with Laura Díaz (2000)--as well as several works of nonfiction. In 1987, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the highest honor given to a Spanish-language writer. Mr. Fuentes divides his time between Mexico City and London, and lectures frequently in the United States.

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.