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Obras Reunidas

Fundaciones Mexicanas. la Muerte de Artemio Cruz. Los Años con Laura Díaz

Obras Reunidas( )
Author: Fuentes, Carlos
Prologue by: Camin, Hector Aguilar
Ramirez, Sergio
Series title:Obras Reunidas Ser.
ISBN:978-968-16-8393-1
Publication Date:Mar 2007
Publisher:Fondo de Cultura Economica USA
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $49.95
Book Description:

Con este primer tomo de las Obras reunidas de Carlos Fuentes, el Fondo de Cultura Econ mica inicia la publicaci n del trabajo de uno de los autores fundamentales de la literatura mexicana contempor nea. Fuentes es, sin duda, el mayor novelista del M xico actual: su obra es parte ya de la memoria colectiva. Las dos novelas incluidas en este tomo tienen como punto de partida una de las mayores obsesiones de Fuentes: la muerte de Artemio Cruz es quiz la novela mexicana que mejor sintetiza...
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Book Details
Pages:679
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.59 x 10.49 x 1.99 Inches
Book Weight:3.81 Pounds
Author Biography
Fuentes, Carlos (Author)
Carlos Fuentes was born in Panama on November 11, 1928. He studied law at the National University of Mexico and did graduate work at the Institute des Hautes Etudes in Switzerland. He entered Mexico's diplomatic service and wrote in his spare time. His first novel, Where the Air Is Clear, was published in 1958. His other works include The Death of Artemio Cruz, Destiny and Desire, and Vlad. The Old Gringo was later adapted as a film starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda in 1989. He won numerous awards including the Fuentes the Romulo Gallegos Prize in Venezuela for Terra Nostra, the National Order of Merit in France, the Cervantes Prize in 1987, and Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for literature in 1994.

He also wrote essays, short stories, screenplays, and political nonfiction. In addition to writing, he taught at numerous universities, including Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He served as the ambassador of Mexico to France. He died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 83.

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