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 poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. Perhaps Fuentes's masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of ...
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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 poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. Perhaps Fuentes's masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.
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Add this copy of The Death of Artemio Cruz to cart. $12.98, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
I have a graduate degree in Literature, and I read widely, including Proust. So--I read a book by this author 30 years ago, Terra Nostra, a mammoth work of history and fiction, and was mucho impressed!! My book group picked this one. I am about 1/3 through, and not all that impressed. I get the impressionistic style somewhat awkwardly joined to a range of philosophical issues/comments, enhanced by a literary story-telling skill that relies on the reader's abilities to organize subtle cues. I'll let you know what I think when I'm done reading it. Three stars for the first 1/3.
