Conceived exactly nine months before the five-hundredth
anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World, the narrator
of Christopher Unborn spends the novel waiting to be born. But what
kind of world will he be delivered into? "Makesicko City," as the
punning narrator calls it, is not doing well in this alternate,
worst-case-scenario 1992. Politicians are selling pieces of their
country to the United States. A black, acid rain falls
relentlessly, forewarning of the even worse ecological catastrophes
to come. Gangs of children, confined to the slums, terrorize their
wealthy neighbors. A great novel of ideas and a work of aesthetic
boldness, Christopher Unborn is a unique, and quite funny, work
from one of the twentieth century's most respected authors.
General
Imprint: |
Dalkey Archive Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Latin American Literature Series |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
First published: |
October 2005 |
Authors: |
Carlos Fuentes
|
Translators: |
Alfred MacAdam
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 155 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
531 |
Edition: |
1st. Dalkey Archive ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56478-339-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
General
|
LSN: |
1-56478-339-1 |
Barcode: |
9781564783394 |
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