Book :: The Death of Artemio Cruz
| By: | Carlos Fuentes |
| Pages: | 307 |
| Published: | 1962 |
| Genre(s): | Latin American |
| Magical Realism | |
| Literary Fiction | |
| Rating: | (2) |
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As the novel opens, Artemio Cruz, the all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron, lies confined to his bed and, in dreamlike flashes, recalls the pivotal episodes of his life. Carlos Fuentes manipulates the ensuing kaleidoscope of images with dazzling inventiveness, layering memory upon memory, from Cruz’s heroic campaigns during the Mexican Revolution, through his relentless climb from...
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