Where the Air is Clear
Author(s): Carlos Fuentes
Where the Air Is Clear, Carlos Fuentes's first novel, is an unsparing portrayal of Mexico City's upper class. Departing from a traditional linear narrative, Fuentes overlays Mexican myths onto contemporary settings, showing that even the rich and powerful must succumb to the indomitable spirit of Mexico, which undermines all institutions and shapes all destinies. First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1988, Dalkey Archive Press in 2004, now available again.
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"This is the most ambitious and skillful novel to come out of Mexico in a long time, and, at all odds, the most 'modern.' It's the most readable too." --New York Times
The author of more than a dozen novels and story collections, Carlos Fuentes (1928--2012) was Mexico's most celebrated novelist and critic. He received numerous honors and awards throughout his lifetime, including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Belisario Dominguez Medal of Honor. Among his books are Terra Nostra, Vlad, Adam in Eden, and Distant Relations, all of which are available from Dalkey Archive Press.
General Fields
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- : Dalkey Archive Press
- : Dalkey Archive Press
- : 0.454
- : 01 September 2009
- : 216mm X 140mm X 29mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Carlos Fuentes
- : Paperback
- : 863.64
- : 384
- : FA