Distant Relations (Uncorrected Proof)

FUENTES, Carlos

ISBN 10: 0374140820 / ISBN 13: 9780374140823

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1982

About this Item

First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A novel translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A tight close to near fine copy in green printed wrappers with some minor wear to the top of the spine and faint paperclip impressions to the top of the front panel.

Seller Inventory # 120451

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Distant Relations (Uncorrected Proof)
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374140820
• ISBN 13: 9780374140823
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden

During a long, lingering lunch at the Automobile Club de France, the elderly Comte de Branly tells a story to a friend, unnamed until the closing pages, who is in fact the first-person narrator of the novel. Branly's story is of a family named Heredia: Hugo, a noted Mexican archaeologist, and his young son, Victor, whom Branly met in Cuernavaca and who became his house guest in Paris. There they are gradually drawn into a mysterious connection with the French Victor Heredia and his son, known as Andre. There is a hard-edged emphasis on the theme of relations between the Old World and the New, as Branly's twilit, Proustian existence is invaded and overcome by the hot, chaotic, and baroque proliferation of the Caribbean jungle.

About the Author

Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was one of the most influential and celebrated voices in Latin American literature. He was the author of 24 novels, including Aura, The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra, and also wrote numerous plays, short stories, and essays. He received the 1987 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.

Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Mexican parents, and moved to Mexico as a teenager. He served as an ambassador to England and France, and taught at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Columbia. He died in Mexico City in 2012.