Instinto de Inez (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Fuentes Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9505116950 ISBN 13: 9789505116959

Publisher: Alfaguara Ediciones, S.A. (Spain), 2001

Synopsis

En esta obra reencontramos al Carlos Fuentes de las mejoresobras fantásticas. Dos historias, dos parejas, dos tiempos ydos pasionse. Una de éstas encarna en un director de orquesta y en una cantante de ópera. La otra remite al primer encuentro de la humanidad entre un hombre y una mujer; pasiones que se consagran en una historia que comenzó en la prehistoria y que continúa en una espiral infinita hacia el futuro.

About this title

About the Author:

Carlos Fuentes (Mexico, 1928) is considered to be the father of modern Latin American literature. Besides writing, he has held a number of diplomatic positions in the United States and Chile.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this slim new novel, Fuentes, Mexico's unofficial ambassador and author of the recent book Los cinco soles de M?xico: Memoria de un milenio (The Five Suns of Mexico: The Memory of a Millennium, see p.48.), takes an introspective turn away from politics to explore the philosophical mysteries of death and love. The romantic plot at the heart of the novel, which brings the arresting opera singer Inez Rosenzweig into the life of world-renowned conductor Gabriel Atlon-Ferrara, is nothing short of poetic in both language and scope. The real rewards of this work, however, come from Fuentes's labyrinthine reflections on the conductor's oblivious worldview in the face of destiny and death. He writes, "El muerto no sabe lo que es la muerte, pero los vivos tampocos" (The dead don't know what death is, but neither do the living). As Gabriel and Inez begin their romance under the falling bombs of the German Luftwaffe in wartime London, their walks on the beach and odd conversations allow Fuentes to express a haunting view of hell as both destination and an inevitable description of today's world. As he wanders through this inferno, Gabriel sees his reflection in unadorned mirrors. Fuentes's prose is more elegant than ever. With Instinto, he seems to be reverting to the mysterious thematics reminiscent of his classic novela Aura (Noonday, 1962) instead of pursuing the historic detail characteristic of recent works like Los a?os con Laura Diaz (Alfaguara, 2001; The Years with Laura Diaz, Farrar, 2000). Highly recommended for all bookstores and public libraries. David Garza, Austin, TX
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About this edition

• Publisher: Alfaguara Ediciones, S.A. (Spain)
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9505116950
• ISBN 13: 9789505116959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 189