books by Carlos Fuentes     books:       La voluntad y la fortuna / Will and Fortune Carlos Fuentes Alfaguara, 2008 As Cain and Abel, two brothers confront each other for their father's lover, the most powerful man in the country. La voluntad y la fortuna is the great novel of Mexico s past and the present of a Narconation . An incredible and real story; Fuente s most awaited novel. Caressed by the gentle nighttime waves of a beach in the Pacific Ocean, the severed head of Josue Nadal remembers, digresses and tells its story. It knows that in the course of ...             Don Quixote (Modern Library Classics)3 reviews Miguel De Cervantes Modern Library, 2004 Salman Rushdie ... ... avers that, this, the Tobias Smollett English-language translation most faithfully retains the quixotic and sprightly spirit of the original. Given that life is short and that I will only ever read Don Quixote once, Rushdie's imprimatur is good enough for me.             Happy Families: Stories1 review Carlos Fuentes Random House, 2008 Sameness and Difference Benjamin Disraeli once wrote, "Those who have known grief seldom seem sad." (Endymion). The publisher of "Happy Families" described this book as an exploration of the great Russian storyteller, Tolstoy's observation that "all happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." (The opening line in "Anna Karenina") The sixteen short stories and sixteen poems all relate to ...             El espejo enterrado (Taurus Bolsillo) (Taurus Bolsillo)7 reviews Carlos Fuentes Aguilar, Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara, S.A. de C., 1998 Best book I have read in a long time Los espejos simbolizan la realidad............. De los espejos de obsidiana de la urbe totonaca de El Tajin a los espejos ibericos de Cervantes y Velasquez, el de la locura y el del asombro, un intercambio de reflejos ha ido y venido incesantemente de una a otra orilla del Atlantico. (Excerpted from the back cover of the book). Such reflejos are the subject of the book, which is listed as an ...             Todas las familias felices/ Happy Families (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura)) (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura))1 review Carlos Fuentes Punto de Lectura, 2007 Con rabia Con rabia parece escribir Carlos Fuentes en este libro donde muestra familias que parecen felices, que lucen unidas, pero que están dañadas, fracturadas en sus emociones, con razonamientos dislocados pinta una vida de familia perturbada en la sociedad moderna. En momentos hace un reclamo a la sociedad a través de sus relatos, reclama la violencia, la indiferencia, la vanidad y la mediocridad ...             Aura: Bilingual Edition50 reviews Carlos Fuentes Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986 One Good Turn... AURA by Carlos Fuentes, translated by Lysander Kemp, is a short read that I found wonderful and highly recommend. My Spanish is only mediocre so I was only able to take small advantage of the parallel text format. The plot has been reviewed by others, my only comment on the lists of comparisons, is to add Henry James' TURN OF THE SCREW that I kept thinking of while reading AURA. To those ...             The Crystal Frontier13 reviews Carlos Fuentes Harvest Books, 1998 drew me in and made me think! I read this book a while back in a Spanish Literature class. I absolutely loved it, it made me think about so many imigration issues that I had not even known existed before. This book is written as a novel, and a novel with a purpose at that. If you are against immigration of the Latin Americans into the USA, then this book may be the one to get you to understand that they are real people and ...             The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait17 reviews Frida Kahlo "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2005 Love Frida I loved this book! I can't seem to put it down I do have to say that I would recommend it for billingual readers you will get a better understanding of the book. It is translated in english towards the back but, spanish readers will benifit the most out of the book because you will be able to understand Frida's humor about Diego. The first part of the diary is all in spanish and was written by ...             The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World12 reviews Carlos Fuentes Mariner Books, 1999 Magnificent! This book is absolutely spellbinding and captivating in it's presentation that is both an excellent narrative and artistic with imagery to further enhance the experience. The editorial review here at Amazon by Kirkus Reviews is a good synopsis to get a good idea about the books contents. Also there are many sample pages available for your perusal. From a readers perspective this book is one to ...             The Death of Artemio Cruz: A Novel15 reviews Carlos Fuentes Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991 Make it Work for You The book was beautifully written, the plot was interesting, and the character development went above and beyond most books. So why is there such controversy over this book? Well it is easy to say, this is not your cruise vacation book to read while laying by the beach. The first chapter will have you kicking and screaming for anything tangible to grab onto. The only person in this book you ...             La Muerte de Artemio Cruz7 reviews Carlos Fuentes Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 A masterpiece to remember As an intersection of two major themes - the illusion of independence pictured in a faint bourgeois environment (Las Buenas Conciencias, 1959) and the nightmare of transculturation in contemporary life (La Región Más Transparente, 1958), La Muerte De Artemio Cruz (1962) rebuilds mexican history on the ruins of individual and social consciousness. The protagonist (the "yo" instance) is led to seek ...             Cuentos sobrenaturales/ Supernatural Stories Carlos Fuentes Alfaguara, 2007 Published in this volume are three never before published short stories: El robot sacramentado, Un fantasma tropical, and Pantera en jazz this last one was Carlos Fuentes first short story and was published in a Mexican literary magazine in 1948. Also included are: Tlactocatzine del jardín de Flandes, Chac mool, Letanía de la orquídea, and Aura, a masterpiece in the short story genre. Description in Spanish: En este volumen se publican ...             The Old Gringo: A Novel12 reviews Carlos Fuentes Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 I loved this novel. I thoroughly enjoyed Fuentes' The Old Gringo. It constitutes everything a novel should be: love, death, war, sex, etc. It includes themes of brotherhood, colonialism, relations between the US and Mexico, freedom, love across national boundaries, and what it is to die. I found Fuentes' prose to be beautiful and diverse; an intersubjective consciousness flows through the characters, revealing as ...             El Diario de Frida Kahlo: un intimo autorretrato3 reviews Frida Kahlo "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2005 It's a great book and it has so much detail about a master. Frida was more than an artist, she was a woman who knew what she wanted and how to get it. Her only downfall was that she had deep doubts inside her most inner self and shared it with very few. I guess we all do, but she always wanted people to think she was though when in fact she was very fragile.             The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution (Penguin Classics) Mariano Azuela Penguin Classics, 2008 The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator The Underdogs is the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa?s army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly ...             The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories5 reviews Vintage, 2000 must have "The vintage book of Latin American Stories" is a must have. Ever story in this book deserves individual praise. There are a couple of stories that stand out above the others. One of these stories is "The Aleph" by Jorge Luis Borges. In this story, Borges tackles the concept of "the Aleph" which is perceived as everything that exists as well as everything that does not. It opens the mind to the ...             Manuel Alvarez Bravo: Photopoetry Chronicle Books, 2008 Manuel Alvarez Bravo was one of the foremost practitioners of visual arts in the twentieth century. Manuel Alvarez Bravo the first major retrospective of his eighty-year career showcases hundreds of iconic photographs and unveils more than twenty previously unpublished images. Featuring landscapes still lifes rural and urban scenes religious and vernacular subjects as well as portraits of luminaries such as Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo ...             Henri Cartier-Bresson: Mexican Notebooks 1934-19643 reviews Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cartier-Bresson Bresson Thames & Hudson, 1996 Mexico uncovered There is a consistant light which runs through Cartier-Bresson's work. It is the late afternoon light or the early morning glow, that enters his leica. We see it in the streets, behind the waitress in the Mexican bar as she leans unknowingly towards Cartier-Bresson's lens. It's surrounded by this light that Cartier-Bresson feels most at home, even in Mexico. Mexican notebooks is full of all ...             Don Quixote (Modern Library Classics)95 reviews Miguel De Cervantes Modern Library, 2001 The best translation of the best novel Don Quixote well deserves its place in the pantheon of world classics. For me, it's the ultimate desert island book. It is simply an indescribable jewel, full of fun, hilarity, adventure, beauty, wisdom, social commentary, tragedy, and entertainment. And I believe that J.M. Cohen's translation is the best there is. He obviously had a love for the material and left us a beautifully rendered work. ...             Terra Nostra (Latin American Literature Series)3 reviews Carlos Fuentes Dalkey Archive Press, 2003 A STUNNING, DIZZYING CREATION TERRA NOSTRA stands as Carlos Fuentes' most incredible achievement -- and as one of the great books of the 20th Century. The depths and heights of Man's history swirl around the reader as a controlled maelstrom -- grab a handle and hang on for dear life. In this masterpiece, Fuentes attempts nothing less than to transfer the last 500 years or so of the New World -- including its origins in the ...              search for books 1934-1964, alvarez, american, autorretrato, bilingual, bolsillo, cartier-bresson, classics, cuentos, enterrado, familias, families, fortune, frontier, intimate, literature, mexican, narrativa, notebooks, penguin, photopoetry, portrait, quixote, reflections, revolution, self-portrait, sobrenaturales, supernatural, underdogs, voluntad books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Good Company: Caring As Fiercely As You Compete leave a comment home  impressum - about us