Alejo Carpentier - The Pilgrim at Home (Paperback)

Alejo Carpentier was one of the greatest Latin American novelists of the twentieth century, as well as a musicologist, journalist, cultural promoter, and diplomat. His fictional world issues from an encyclopedic knowledge of the history, art, music, and literature of Latin America and Europe. Carpentier's novels and stories are the enabling discourse of today's Latin American narrative, and his interpretation of Latin American history has been among the most influential. Carpentier was the first to provide a comprehensive view of Caribbean history that centered on the contribution of Africans, above and beyond the differences created by European cultures and languages. Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home, first published in 1977 and updated for this edition, covers the life and works of the great Cuban novelist, offering a new perspective on the relationship between the two. Gonzalez Echevarria offers detailed readings of the works La musica en Cuba, The Kingdom of This World, The Lost Steps, and Explosion in a Cathedral. In a new concluding chapter, he takes up Carpentier's last years, his relationship with the Cuban revolutionary regime, and his last two novels, El arpa y la sombra and La consagracion de la primavera, in which Carpentier reviewed his life and career.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Texas Pan American Series
Release date:	1991
First published:	1990
Authors:	Roberto Gonz alez Echevarr ia
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	335
ISBN-13:	978-0-292-70417-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	0-292-70417-8
Barcode:	9780292704176

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