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[Chicano Literature] FUENTES, Carlos. Aura. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1975. Stated first bi-lingual edition, first printing. Translated by Lysander Kemp. 8vo; 145 pp. Original black cloth board with purple title on spine. Pictorial dust jacket with black and white photograph of Fuentes on back. Mylar wrapping. This magical realism novel was first published in Spanish in 1962 and was a source of much controversy in Mexico at the time due to it's sexual themes. Carlos Fuentes became an acclaimed author in the Latin American Boom literary movement of the 1960s-1970s, he challenged the conventions and expectations of traditional Latin American literature. The Boom generation gained unprecedented popularity in Western Europe and, from there, became globally renowned. The trend is most often characterized by experimental forms and politically engaged content. Fuentes embodies in a marvelous way the myth and the plot, the search, the encounter and the separation, life and death. The story follows the historian, Felipe Montero, as reads a classified ad that makes him relive the story of the dead and, without knowing it, makes him find again his own life story. An integral piece of Latin American magical realist literature. Dust jacket has minor chips to spine and back, not price clipped, covered in mylar. Some minor staining to top edge of a few of the back pages, does not affect text. Text and pages are overall crisp and clear, overall very good condition. Seller Inventory # 20300
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Title: Carlos Fuentes' Aura First Bi-Lingual ...
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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