The Death of Artemio Cruz - Carlos Fuentes, Alfred J. MacAdam (Translator)

Category: Adults, Classic, General Fiction, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: 20th Century Classics Fiction Historical Fiction Latin American Latin American Literature Literature Magical Realism Novels Spanish Literature

Written by Carlos Fuentes, Alfred J. MacAdam (Translator)
Read by Tony Chiroldes
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

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’ masterpiece, The Death of Artemio Cruz is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.

©1962 Carlos Fuentes. Translation copyright 1991 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 04-29-14